Morpheme
Atl
Type
bound base
Denotation
bearer of the heavens, collection of maps
Etymology
Latin atlās; Ancient Greek Átlās
Evidence
atlas, atlases
Notes
map dénotation from 1595 when German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura
