Where does “Mop” come from?

Mop (German) comes from German Mopp, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

Mop (German): Obsolete spelling of Mopp

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of Mopp

Ancestry of “Mop”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Mop”

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