Where does “mapitus” come from?

mapitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mapittaa, from Finnish mappi, from Swedish mapp, from German mappe, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mapitus (Finnish): filing, archiving

Definitions

  1. filing, archiving

Ancestry of “mapitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmapittaato file, archive
2Finnishmappibinder
3Swedishmappa folder
4Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
5Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
6Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from German mappe →