Answer C should be music to your ears! Our word "guitar" has quite a history. Although the instrument is probably Spanish in origin and dates back to the 1500s, the English word "guitar" ultimately traces back to Greek. The story begins with the Greek word "kithara," the name of an ancient Greek stringed instrument similar to but larger than the lyre and having a box-shaped resonator. The Greek word was changed by speakers of Arabic to "qitar," and Spanish-speakers modified "qitar" to "guitarra." The next stop on the tour was French. The French changed "guitarra" slightly to "guitare." In the late 1600s English speakers modified "guitare" to "guitar."