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