Where does “bandolim” come from?

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

bandolim (Portuguese): mandolin

Definitions

  1. mandolin

Ancestry of “bandolim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmandolinomandolin
2Italianmandolamandola
3Latinpanduraa pandore
4Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute
Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →Every word from Latin pandura →Every word from Italian mandola →