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kithara
Greek · ancient
"a stringed instrument"
an ancient stringed instrument related to the lyre
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qitara
Arabic · medieval
"a stringed instrument"
carried through Arabic-influenced Spain into European instrument vocabulary
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guitarra
Spanish · medieval
"a fretted stringed instrument"
settled in Spanish for the fretted, stringed instrument
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Stage 4 of 4
guitar
English · 1600s
"a fretted stringed musical instrument"
adopted directly for the fretted, six-stringed instrument
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