Where does “mop” come from?

mop (Manado Malay) comes from Dutch mop, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mop (Manado Malay): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “mop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →