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

Definitions

  1. Map of the world

Ancestry of “mapemounde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmapamondeworld map
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-Every word from Latin mundusEvery word from Old French mapamonde
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