The word gondola comes from the Old Italian gondula, from the late Latin condua (gondola) from the late Greek condura (small boat) from the Greek adjective conduros [condos + ura; with short tail].* Others etymologize gondola from the Greek condy [Gr: κονδύ], a kind of glass.*
In modern Greek:
a) gondola: [loanword] gondola [Gr: γόνδολα]
* Babiniotis Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek
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In modern Greek:
a) gondola: [loanword] gondola [Gr: γόνδολα]
* Babiniotis Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek
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