Where does “mantó” come from?

mantó (Catalan) comes from Italian Manto, from Late Latin mantum, from Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum, from Gaulish mantos, from Proto-Celtic mantos, from Proto-Indo-European menH- — tread, press together; crumble.

mantó (Catalan): shawl, wrap

Definitions

  1. shawl, wrap

Ancestry of “mantó”, step by step

mantó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Manto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMantoManto
2Late Latinmantuma Spanish cloak
3Latinmantellumcovering, cloak
4Latinmantuma Spanish cloak
5Gaulishmantos—
6Proto-Celticmantos—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanmenH-tread, press together; crumble

via Spanish manto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmantoshroud, cloak; layer, surface, blanket, carpet;...
2Classical Latinmantum—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European menH- →