English
lutenist
Lutenist comes from Medieval Latin lutanista, and goes back to Middle French lut.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600lut
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lutanista
- Englishearliest quotation 2003lutenist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600lut
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lutanista
- Englishearliest quotation 2003lutenist
Earliest quotation: 2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord: “A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists,…”
Linked words
through Middle French lut
Today it means
noun One who plays the lute, a lutist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French lut / lutenist