Where does “mandolă” come from?

mandolă (Romanian) comes from Italian mandola, from Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

mandolă (Romanian): mandola

Definitions

  1. mandola

Ancestry of “mandolă”, step by step

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