Etymology of the English word mantelshelf
the English word
mantelshelfderived from the English word
mantelderived from the Old French word
mantelderived from the Latin word
mantellum (cloak, mantel; handtowel)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
mantellusderived from the Latin word
mantusderived from the English word
shelfderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skelf-derived from the Low German word
schelfderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skel-Usage
Word found in Modern English