Where does “map” come from?

map (Dutch) comes from German mappe, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

map (Dutch): folder; directory, folder

Definitions

  1. folder; directory, folder

Ancestry of “map”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “map”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from German mappe →