Where does “mapă” come from?
mapă (Romanian) comes from English map, from Middle English mappemounde, from Old French mapamonde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mapă (Romanian): folder, file, portfolio
Definitions
- folder, file, portfolio
Ancestry of “mapă”, step by step
mapă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English map
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | map | A visual representation of an area, whether real... |
| 2 | Middle English | mappemounde | — |
| 3 | Old French | mapamonde | world map |
| 4 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
via German mappe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mappe | portfolio case; collection |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | [[mappa]] [[mundī]] | — |