Where does “naperie” come from?

naperie (Middle English) comes from Middle French naperie, from Old French nape, from Medieval Latin nappa, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

naperie (Middle English): Alternative form of naperye

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of naperye

Ancestry of “naperie”, step by step

naperie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French naperie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnaperie—
2Old Frenchnapetable cloth
3Medieval Latinnappanapkin
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via Anglo-Norman naperie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normannaperie—

Words derived from “naperie”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin nappa →Every word from Old French nape →