Where does “guita” come from?

guita (Portuguese) comes from Latin vitta — band, ribbon; fillet, headband, chaplet.

guita (Portuguese): cash; dough; cheese; Abbreviation of guitarra;...

Definitions

  1. cash; dough; cheese; Abbreviation of guitarra;...

Ancestry of “guita”, step by step

guita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvittaband, ribbon; fillet, headband, chaplet

via Lunfardo guita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lunfardoguita—
Every word from Latin vitta →