Where does “mundo” come from?
mundo (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish mundo, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mundo (Bikol Central): world; earth
Ancestry of “mundo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | mundo | world, earth; world, globe; world |
| 2 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |