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
Ancestry of “mandolino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | mandola | mandola |
| 2 | Latin | pandura | a pandore |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πανδοῦρα | pandura, a three-stringed lute |
Words derived from “mandolino”