Where does “nappe” come from?

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

nappe (Old French): a cloth

Definitions

  1. a cloth

Ancestry of “nappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnappanapkin
2Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “nappe”

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