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Where does “mandilón” come from?

mandilón (Spanish) comes from Spanish mandil, from Arabic مَنْدِيل, from Greek μανδίλιον, from Latin mantēlium, from Latin mantēle.

mandilón (Spanish): henpecked husband . Man who complies with every...

Definitions

  1. henpecked husband . Man who complies with every...

Ancestry of “mandilón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmandilapron
2Arabicمَنْدِيلcloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...
3Greekμανδίλιον—
4Latinmantēlium—
5Latinmantēle—
Every word from Latin mantēle →