Where does “mappamondo” come from?

mappamondo (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mappamondo (Italian): globe; planisphere

Definitions

  1. globe; planisphere

Ancestry of “mappamondo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
2Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mappamondo”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →