mansión
/manˈsjon/ · B1 · noun · f
sign of the zodiac
🏰🏡 Shares a root with mansion: Latin mansio, a place where one stays
Both come from Latin manere, to stay or remain. A mansio was a stopping place on Roman roads. Spanish kept the same word: mansión is a large, grand house. It is feminine, la mansión, like most Spanish nouns ending in -ión.