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IT's a Gut-tar !! Guit-tar ! Yes ? !
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08-07-2020, 06:29 AM
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/guitar
This is essentially the etymology I've seen. The origins are Latin/Greek and possibly derived earlier from Persian or Sanskrit. Modern English words like gut and sit have their own (unrelated) lineages.
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