mapamonde

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mappa mundī (“map of the world”). The first component is a doublet of nappe, the inherited form.

Noun

mapamonde oblique singular, f (oblique plural mapamondes, nominative singular mapamonde, nominative plural mapamondes)

  1. world map

Descendants

  • → Middle English: mapemounde
  • French: mappemonde

Further reading

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