Where does “mendil” come from?

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

mendil (Turkish): handkerchief

Definitions

  1. handkerchief

Ancestry of “mendil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mendil

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