Where does “monde” come from?

monde (Bourguignon) comes from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

monde (Bourguignon): world

Definitions

  1. world

Ancestry of “monde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →