Where does “pagkamundo” come from?
pagkamundo (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central mundo, from Spanish mundo, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
Ancestry of “pagkamundo”, step by step
pagkamundo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bikol Central mundo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bikol Central | mundo | world; earth |
| 2 | Spanish | mundo | world, earth; world, globe; world |
| 3 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
via Tagalog pagka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pagka | if |
| 2 | Tagalog | pagkamakabagunsakupin | neocolonialism |