Etymograph

English

mandolin

Mandolin comes from Italian mandolino.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentmandolino
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmandoline
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2021mandolin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentmandolino
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmandoline
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2021mandolin

Earliest quotation: 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation: “One Monday night I peeled potatoes over the sink,…”

Every English word from Italian mandolino

Today it means

noun A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.

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Etymograph / Italian mandolino / mandolin

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