Where does “map” come from?

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

map (Indonesian): folder

Definitions

  1. folder

Ancestry of “map”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmapfolder; directory, folder
2Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
3Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from German mappe →