Translation
map
Word origin
From Latin mappa ('cloth, napkin'): medieval world maps were drawn on cloth and called mappa mundi, 'cloth of the world'. English map is the same clipped borrowing.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mappa
- English cognates
- map, napkin
Examples
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We looked for the village on the map.
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Without a map you will not find the way.
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The old map shows the whole country.
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