English

mapholder

From map + holder.

A compound of map + holder

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’

Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun A transparent holder for a map (for use in wet weather etc).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mapholder