Where does “مَنْدِيل” come from?

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

مَنْدِيل (Arabic): cloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...

Definitions

  1. cloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...

Ancestry of “مَنْدِيل”, step by step

مَنْدِيل traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek μανδίλιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμανδίλιον—
2Latinmantēlium—
3Latinmantēlecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin

via Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekμανδίλιον—

via Ancient Greek μανδίλιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμανδίλιον—

Words derived from “مَنْدِيل”

Every word from Latin mantēle →Every word from Latin mantēlium →Every word from Greek μανδίλιον →