Etymology

manuterge

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Today it means: A towel used by a priest during liturgy. Full definition →

French manuterge ← Latin manutergium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommanutergium
  2. French · borrowed frommanuterge
  3. English todaymanuterge

Borrowed from French manuterge, from Latin manutergium, from manus (“hand”) + tergeō (“wipe, clean”) + -ium.

Words from the same roots

Latinmanutergium all →

manutergium

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