Where does “mancilla” come from?

mancilla (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish manziella, from Vulgar Latin mancella, from Latin macella, from Ancient Greek Μάκελλα — mattock, pick, used for digging or breaking up.

mancilla (Spanish): stain; blemish moral defect; a character flaw

Definitions

  1. stain; blemish moral defect; a character flaw

Ancestry of “mancilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmanziellaa spot or blemish on the body, especially the...
2Vulgar Latinmancella—
3Latinmacellanominative feminine singular of macellus;...
4Ancient GreekΜάκελλαmattock, pick, used for digging or breaking up

Words derived from “mancilla”

Every word from Ancient Greek Μάκελλα →Every word from Latin macella →Every word from Vulgar Latin mancella →