Where does “mappemounde” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mappemounde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmapamondeworld map
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

Words derived from “mappemounde

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-Every word from Latin mundusEvery word from Old French mapamonde