English
chitarrone
Chitarrone comes from Italian chitarrone ‘augmentative of chitarra: a large guitar’, and goes back to Ancient Greek κιθάρα ‘lyre’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκιθάρα‘lyre’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcithara‘cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar’
- Arabicc. 500–presentقِيثَارَة‘guitar’
- Italianc. 1300–presentchitarra‘guitar’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentchitarrone‘augmentative of chitarra: a large guitar’
- Englishtodaychitarrone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκιθάρα‘lyre’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcithara‘cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar’
- Arabicc. 500–presentقِيثَارَة‘guitar’
- Italianc. 1300–presentchitarra‘guitar’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentchitarrone‘augmentative of chitarra: a large guitar’
- Englishtodaychitarrone
Linked words
through Latin cithara ‘cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar’
through Arabic قِيثَارَة ‘guitar’
Today it means
noun Synonym of theorbo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κιθάρα / chitarrone