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harpa
Medieval Latin · medieval
"harp"
harp, combined with chorda (string) for the plucked-string keyboard instrument
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arpicordo
Italian · 1500s
"the plucked-string keyboard instrument"
formed from harpa and corda (string) for the plucked-string keyboard instrument
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harpsichord
English · 1600s
"a keyboard instrument with plucked strings"
settled as the English word for the keyboard instrument with plucked strings
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