''Harpa'' est vocabulum [[media Latinitas|mediae Latinitatis]], a radice germanica deductadeductum.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', s.v. "harp". [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dharpa Lewis et Short] autem dicunt hoc vocabulum a Graeco {{lang|grc|ἅρπη}} 'falx' ortum esse.</ref> Qui ''harpat'' ( seu ''harpam pulsat)'', dicitur ''harpator'',<ref>[[Du Cange]], s.v. [http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/harpa#HARPA1 Harpa].</ref> vel ''harpista ('' masculine) et ''harpistria'' ( feminine).<ref>[[Ebbe Vilborg]], ''Norstedts svensk-latinska ordbok'', editio secunda, 2009.</ref>
