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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=Cato|origins=phn 𐤌𐤀𐤐}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmap.pa]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmap.pa]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''mappa''' ''f'' (genitive mappae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ Quintilian says it is a Punic word.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) It is perhaps [[bor|phn|𐤌𐤀𐤐|tr=mʾp]], from [[sem-pro|*manpay|t=fine cloth, sieve]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Gaffiot cites Cato first.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a piece of cloth used as a towel, especially a table napkin, as in Horace and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the circus a cloth was thrown down as the signal for the start of a race, and Quintilian notes that the Carthaginians claimed this word too.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)
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+ In medieval Latin it meant a map, from ''mappa mundī'', a map of the world, and in British Latin a cloth, tablecloth or towel.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010) Middle English ''mapemounde'' was shortened to [[en|map]] in the 1520s.^(Etymonline) Old French ''nape'' “tablecloth”, from ''mappa'', gave [[en|napkin]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses the word.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a napkin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95 AD – Quintilian calls it a Punic word.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''napkin'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1520s – English ''map'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|napkin]], towel.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A cloth thrown down as the starting signal in the circus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|map]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A tablecloth.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[mappula]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|map]]
+ * [[en|napkin]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}