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Where does “mappa” come from?

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

mappa (Icelandic): folder, file; folder, directory

Definitions

  1. folder, file; folder, directory

Ancestry of “mappa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmappefolder
2Germanmappe—
3Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mappa”

  • möppudýr
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