Etymology of the English word guitar
the English word
guitarderived from the French word
guitarederived from the Old Spanish word
guitarraderived from the Arabic word
qitarderived from the Greek word
kithara, κιθάρα (a lyre)
Date
The earliest known usage of guitar in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
guitarfish,
guitaristCognates
Dutch
gitaar, French
guitare, German
Gitarre, Icelandic
gítar, Italian
chitarra, Lithuanian
gitara, Norwegian
gitar, Polish
gitara, Portuguese
guitarra, Russian
гитapa, Spanish
guitarra, Swedish
gitarrUsage
Word found in Modern English
