Where does “mapa” come from?

mapa (Chavacano) comes from Spanish mapa, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mapa (Chavacano): map

Definitions

  1. map

Ancestry of “mapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmapamap
2Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Spanish mapa →
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