Etymograph

English

gitarrist

Gitarrist comes from German Gitarrist ‘guitarist’, from Aramaic קיתרא ‘any stringed musical instrument’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ ‘lyre’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῐθᾰ́ρᾱ‘lyre’
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEקיתרא‘any stringed musical instrument’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentقِيثَارَة‘guitar’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500guitarra‘classical guitar’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘guitar’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentGitarre‘guitar’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentGitarrist‘guitarist’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1996gitarrist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῐθᾰ́ρᾱ‘lyre’
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEקיתרא‘any stringed musical instrument’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentقِيثَارَة‘guitar’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500guitarra‘classical guitar’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘guitar’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentGitarre‘guitar’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentGitarrist‘guitarist’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1996gitarrist

Earliest quotation: 1996, Johann Jacoby, Abo Joke and Nigger Joke: “what the fuck do i care about some heavy…”

Linked words

through Spanish guitarra ‘guitar’

guitar

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ / gitarrist

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