Where does “mandola” come from?

mandola (Italian) comes from Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

mandola (Italian): mandola

Definitions

  1. mandola

Ancestry of “mandola”, step by step

mandola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pandura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpanduraa pandore
2Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

via Late Latin pandura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpanduramusical instrument with three strings; a pandore

Words derived from “mandola”

Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →