Etymology of the French word guitare
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 guitare in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
guitariste,
guitariserDerivations in other languages
English
guitarCognates
Dutch
gitaar, English
guitar, German
Gitarre, Icelandic
gítar, Italian
chitarra, Lithuanian
gitara, Norwegian
gitar, Polish
gitara, Portuguese
guitarra, Russian
гитapa, Spanish
guitarra, Swedish
gitarr
