Where does “mapa” come from?

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

mapa (Lower Sorbian): portfolio, folder

Definitions

  1. portfolio, folder

Ancestry of “mapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mapa”

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