map

/ˈmæp/MAP

Meaninga cloth

Common meaning: a drawing of an area

mapa napkin, a clothLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1112 · scan

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin mappa ‘a napkin, a cloth’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mappa, p. 1112 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry APRON, p. 30 · dictionary scan

Roots

mappa, -ae Latin “a napkin, a cloth”

Related words

apron napkin

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