Where does “Mopp” come from?

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

Mopp (German): mop

Definitions

  1. mop

Ancestry of “Mopp”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Mopp”

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