Where does “mandolino” come from?

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

mandolino (Italian): mandolin

Definitions

  1. mandolin

Ancestry of “mandolino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmandolamandola
2Latinpanduraa pandore
3Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

Words derived from “mandolino”

Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →