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Where does “nap” come from?

nap (Old Catalan) comes from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ, from Demotic snwpt.

Ancestry of “nap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnāpus—
2Ancient Greekνᾶπυmustard
3Demoticsnwpt—
Every word from Demotic snwpt →