Where does “mapo” come from?

mapo (Spanish) comes from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mapo (Spanish): mop

Definitions

  1. mop

Ancestry of “mapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
2Middle Englishmappe
3Walloonmappenapkin
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappaEvery word from Walloon mappeEvery word from Middle English mappe