Where does “lute” come from?

lute (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

lute (Middle Dutch): lute

Definitions

  1. lute

Ancestry of “lute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchleüt—
2Occitanlaütlute
3Old Occitanlaütlute
4Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
5Arabicعَادَto return, go back
6Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
7PersianیاAPI •; or; either
8Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “lute”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →