Etymograph

English

guitarwork

From guitar + work.

A compound of guitar + work

Ancient Greek κιθάρα ‘cithara, lyre’

Aramaic קיתרא ‘any stringed musical instrument’

Arabic قِيثَارَة ‘guitar; lyre’

Old Spanish guitarra ‘guitar’

Spanish guitarra

English guitar

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun The technically accomplished playing of a guitar.

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

Etymograph / guitarwork