pañal

/paˈɲal/ · B1 · noun · m

diaper

pañal — diaper

👶🧷 paño (cloth) + -al: a cloth thing, from Latin pannus, kin to English panel

Spanish paño means cloth, from Latin pannus, which also gave English panel and pane. A pañal is literally the baby's cloth. Note the ñ: pa-NYAL, stress on the last syllable.

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