Where does “mandil” come from?

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

mandil (Spanish): apron

Definitions

  1. apron

Ancestry of “mandil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَنْدِيلcloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...
2Greekμανδίλιον
3Latinmantēlium
4Latinmantēlecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin

Words derived from “mandil

Every word from Latin mantēleEvery word from Latin mantēliumEvery word from Greek μανδίλιον
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