Where does “MOP” come from?

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

MOP (English): GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator

Definitions

  1. GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator

Ancestry of “MOP”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmappe—
2Walloonmappenapkin
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “MOP”

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