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

Definitions

  1. table cloth

Ancestry of “nape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnappanapkin
2Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “nape”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin nappa →