Where does “mappamondu” come from?

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

mappamondu (Maltese): a map of the world

Definitions

  1. a map of the world

Ancestry of “mappamondu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmappamondoglobe; planisphere
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from Italian mappamondo →