Etymograph

English

tilemap

From tile + map.

A compound of tile + map

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover’

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Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ ‘tile, brick’

Proto-West Germanic *tigulā ‘tile, brick’

Old English tiġele ‘tile, brick’

Middle English tile

English tile

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Today it means

noun A two-dimensional grid made up of rectangular tiles of equal size, each of which can display an image.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tilemap”. 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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