Where does “mapping” come from?
Mapping comes from Middle English mapemounde via Old French mapamonde and Medieval Latin mappa mundi, ultimately from Latin mappa, with Etruscan origins unknown.
mapping (English): The process of making maps; The process of...
Definitions
- The process of making maps; The process of...
Ancestry of “mapping”, step by step
| 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 |