Where does “napperon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “napperon”, step by step

napperon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French nappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnappea cloth
2Medieval Latinnappanapkin
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via French nappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnappetablecloth

Words derived from “napperon”

Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin nappa →Every word from Old French nappe →