Where does “napkyn” come from?

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

napkyn (Middle English): A napkin or serviette

Definitions

  1. A napkin or serviette

Ancestry of “napkyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishnapeThe nape; the neck's rear; The nape of a fish;...
2Old Frenchnapetable cloth
3Medieval Latinnappanapkin
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “napkyn”

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