manilla

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mḗh₁n̥s“moon, month”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*mēnô“moon”
3. Frankish · derived from*mānili“moon-shaped ornament”
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mony-“withers, crest, mane”
5. Latin · derived frommonīle“a necklace, collar”
6. Catalan · derived frommanilla“bracelet, armring”
7. Spanish · borrowed frommanilla“bracelet”
8. English todaymanilla

From Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from Latin monīle (“a necklace, collar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from Frankish *mānili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *māno (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.

Words from the same roots