Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “lute” come from?

lute (Middle Low German) comes from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

lute (Middle Low German): A lute

Definitions

  1. A lute

Ancestry of “lute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianliutolute
2Middle Frenchlut—
3Old Frenchleüt—
4Occitanlaütlute
5Old Occitanlaütlute
6Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
7Arabicعَادَto return, go back
8Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
9PersianیاAPI •; or; either
10Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “lute”

  • lut
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