Where does “unmap” come from?
unmap (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.
unmap (English): To remove the mapping of
Ancestry of “unmap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |