Etymograph

English

guitjo

Blend of guitar + banjo.

A blend of guitar + banjo

Ancient Greek κιθάρα ‘cithara, lyre’

Aramaic קיתרא ‘any stringed musical instrument’

Arabic قِيثَارَة ‘guitar; lyre’

Old Spanish guitarra ‘guitar’

Spanish guitarra

English guitar

Spanish bandurria

English banjo

Today it means

noun A banjo-like string instrument, with fourteen strings in seven courses, tuned like a guitar and having a guitar-like neck.

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

Etymograph / guitjo