Where does “mandolina” come from?

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

mandolina (Serbo-Croatian): mandolin

Definitions

  1. mandolin

Ancestry of “mandolina”, 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 →