Where does “mops” come from?

mops (Dutch) comes from Dutch mop, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mops (Dutch): pug, small dog with a snub snout

Definitions

  1. pug, small dog with a snub snout

Ancestry of “mops”, step by step

mops traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS—

Words derived from “mops”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →
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