Where does “mapless” come from?
mapless (English) comes from English map, from Middle English mappemounde, from Old French mapamonde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mapless (English): Without a map or maps
Definitions
- Without a map or maps
Ancestry of “mapless”, step by step
mapless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English map
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | map | A visual representation of an area, whether real... |
| 2 | Middle English | mappemounde | — |
| 3 | Old French | mapamonde | world map |
| 4 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |