{"era":"current","word":"banjo","meaning":"a plucked stringed instrument with a drum-like body","children":[{"era":"1700s","word":"banjer","meaning":"an early variant spelling of banjo","children":[{"era":"pre-1700","word":"uncertain African source","meaning":"the ultimate source is uncertain and probably West African","children":[],"language":"unknown"}],"language":"American English"}],"language":"Modern English"}