Where does “mapamond” come from?

mapamond (Romanian) comes from Italian mappamondo, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mapamond (Romanian): globe spherical map of the world

Definitions

  1. globe spherical map of the world

Ancestry of “mapamond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmappamondoglobe; planisphere
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from Italian mappamondo →
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