Where does “map” come from?
Map comes from Middle English mapemounde, from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundi, from Latin mappa, of uncertain Etruscan origin.
map (English): A visual representation of an area, whether real...
Definitions
- A visual representation of an area, whether real...
Ancestry of “map”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mappemounde | — |
| 2 | Old French | mapamonde | world map |
| 3 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |