Where does “منديل” come from?

منديل (Arabic) comes from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον, from Latin mantēlium, from Latin mantēle — cloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin.

منديل (Arabic): various kinds of cloth, textile covering

Definitions

  1. various kinds of cloth, textile covering

Ancestry of “منديل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekμανδίλιον—
2Latinmantēlium—
3Latinmantēlecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin
Every word from Latin mantēle →Every word from Latin mantēlium →Every word from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον →