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Where does “mapp” come from?

mapp (Swedish) comes from German mappe, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mapp (Swedish): a folder

Definitions

  1. a folder

Ancestry of “mapp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmappe—
2Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
3Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mapp”

  • mappi
  • Ö-mappi
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