Where does “മാപ്പ്” come from?

മാപ്പ് (Malayalam) comes from English map, from Middle English mappemounde, from Old French mapamonde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

മാപ്പ് (Malayalam): absolution, forgiveness, indemnity, apology, pardon, remission

Definitions

  1. absolution, forgiveness, indemnity, apology, pardon, remission

Ancestry of “മാപ്പ്”, step by step

മാപ്പ് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English map

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmapA visual representation of an area, whether real...
2Middle Englishmappemounde
3Old Frenchmapamondeworld map
4Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

via Arabic مُعَاف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمُعَافexempt
2Arabicمُعَافًى
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-Every word from Latin mundusEvery word from Old French mapamonde