Where does “mapemounde” come from?
mapemounde (Middle English) comes from Old French mapamonde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mapemounde (Middle English): Map of the world
Ancestry of “mapemounde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | mapamonde | world map |
| 2 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
Words derived from “mapemounde”