Etymology

manille

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Today it means: The second-highest trump in certain card games. Full definition →

French manille ← Spanish manilla
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived frommanilla
  2. French · derived frommanille
  3. English todaymanille

From French manille, influenced by Spanish manilla.

Words from the same roots

Spanishmanilla all →

manilla

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