Etymograph

English

road map

From road + map.

A compound of road + map

Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- ‘to ride’

Proto-Germanic *raidō ‘a ride’

Proto-West Germanic *raidu ‘riding’

Old English rād ‘riding’

Middle English rode ‘ride’

English road

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Today it means

noun A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “road map”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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