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Where does “skymapping” come from?

skymapping (English) comes from English mapping, 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.

skymapping (English): the production of a skymap

Definitions

  1. the production of a skymap

Ancestry of “skymapping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmappingThe process of making maps; The process of...
2EnglishmapA visual representation of an area, whether real...
3Middle Englishmappemounde—
4Old Frenchmapamondeworld map
5Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
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