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vitula
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a stringed instrument, or joy"
possibly related to a goddess of joy and celebration, or to a stringed instrument
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violino
Italian · 1500s
"a small bowed stringed instrument"
a diminutive form settled in Italian for the small, high-pitched bowed instrument
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violin
English · 1570s
"a four-stringed bowed musical instrument"
adopted directly for the four-stringed bowed instrument
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