Where does “Mäppchen” come from?

Mäppchen (German) comes from German mappe, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

Mäppchen (German): Diminutive of Mappe; pencil case

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of Mappe; pencil case

Ancestry of “Mäppchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from German mappe →