Where does “mantel” come from?

mantel (Chavacano) comes from Spanish mantel, from Ecclesiastical Latin mantele — cloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin;...

mantel (Chavacano): tablecloth

Definitions

  1. tablecloth

Ancestry of “mantel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmanteltablecloth
2Ecclesiastical Latinmantelecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin;...
Every word from Ecclesiastical Latin mantele →Every word from Spanish mantel →