Where does “moppe” come from?

moppe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mopp, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

moppe (Norwegian Bokmål): to mop

Definitions

  1. to mop

Ancestry of “moppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmoppa mop; imperative of moppe
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “moppe”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →