Etymology Explorer
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Where does “nap” come from?
nap (Old Occitan) comes from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ, from Demotic snwpt.
Ancestry of “nap”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
nāpus
turnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
2
Ancient Greek
νᾶπυ
mustard
3
Demotic
snwpt
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Words derived from “nap”
nap
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