Where does “mandilón” come from?

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

mandilón (Spanish): henpecked husband (powerless married man)

Definitions

  1. henpecked husband (powerless married man)

Ancestry of “mandilón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmandilapron
2Arabicمَنْدِيلcloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...
3Greekμανδίλιον
4Latinmantēlium
5Latinmantēlecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin
Every word from Latin mantēleEvery word from Latin mantēliumEvery word from Greek μανδίλιον