If that etymology of mandarinas is true it is especially funny because it already comes from spanish/portuguese mandar for "telling someone what to do", because

If that etymology of mandarinas is true it is especially funny because it already comes from spanish/portuguese mandar for "telling someone what to do", because mandarin was the dialect of the ruling caste in China, if I remember correctly. So it is basically a loanword from the same language, via a very convoluted transfer of meanings...