Where does “nape” come from?
nape (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin nappa, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.
nape (Old French): table cloth
Ancestry of “nape”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | nappa | napkin |
| 2 | Latin | mappa | napkin; starting signal; map |
Words derived from “nape”