Where does “mopata” come from?

mopata (Finnish) comes from Finnish moppi, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mopata (Finnish): To mop

Definitions

  1. To mop

Ancestry of “mopata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoppimop cleaning implement
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mopata”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →