English

mapreading

From map + reading.

A compound of map + reading

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Proto-West Germanic *rādingu

Old English rǣding

Middle English reding

Today it means

noun The skill of reading a map.

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

Etymograph / mapreading