mapamonde

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mappa mundī. The first component is a doublet of nappe, the inherited form.

Noun

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

  1. world map

Descendants

  • Middle English: mapemounde
  • French: mappemonde

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