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Where does “mantel” come from?

mantel (Spanish) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin mantele — cloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin;...

mantel (Spanish): tablecloth

Definitions

  1. tablecloth

Ancestry of “mantel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinmantelecloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin;...

Words derived from “mantel”

  • manteles
  • salvamanteles
  • mantelex
  • mantel
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