Where does “naperie” come from?

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

Ancestry of “naperie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnapetable cloth
2Medieval Latinnappanapkin
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “naperie”

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