Where does “mundo” come from?

mundo (Chavacano) comes from Spanish mundo, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

mundo (Chavacano): world

Definitions

  1. world

Ancestry of “mundo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmundoworld, earth; world, globe; world
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Spanish mundo →