Where does “mops” come from?

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

mops (German): singular imperative of mopsen; first-person...

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of mopsen; first-person...

Ancestry of “mops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmopspug, small dog with a snub snout
2Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
3EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
4Middle Englishmappe—
5Walloonmappenapkin
6Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mops”

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