Where does “منديل” come from?

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

منديل (Moroccan Arabic): napkin

Definitions

  1. napkin

Ancestry of “منديل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَنْدِيلcloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...
2Greekμανδίλιον—
3Latinmantēlium—
4Latinmantēlecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin
Every word from Latin mantēle →Every word from Latin mantēlium →Every word from Greek μανδίλιον →