Where does “mandolin” come from?

mandolin (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ماندولین, from French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, from Italian mandola, from Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

mandolin (Turkish): mandolin

Definitions

  1. mandolin

Ancestry of “mandolin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishماندولین—
2Frenchmandolinemandolin; vegetable slicer, mandoline
3Italianmandolinomandolin
4Italianmandolamandola
5Latinpanduraa pandore
6Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute
Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →Every word from Latin pandura →Every word from Italian mandola →