Where does “mocador” come from?
mocador (Catalan) comes from Catalan mocar, from Italian moca, from Galician *mãoca, from Galician man, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
mocador (Catalan): handkerchief
Ancestry of “mocador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | mocar | to blow someone's nose; to shut someone up; to... |
| 2 | Italian | moca | mocha; A coffee drink made from mocha; coffee |
| 3 | Galician | *mãoca | — |
| 4 | Galician | man | hand; Synonym: figurative ownership; protection;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |