Where does “μαντήλα” come from?

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

μαντήλα (Greek): large mantilla or headscarf

Definitions

  1. large mantilla or headscarf

Ancestry of “μαντήλα”, step by step

μαντήλα traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek μανδίλιον

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

via Byzantine Greek μαντήλη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekμαντήλη—
2Latinmantelecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin;...

via Ancient Greek μανδήλη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμανδήληcloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth;...
Every word from Latin mantēle →Every word from Latin mantēlium →Every word from Ancient Greek μανδίλιον →