Where does “mondo” come from?
Mondo comes from Japanese 問答, Latin mundus, Latin canis, and Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ and keh₂n-, tracing ultimately to roots meaning "clean" and "to scratch."
mondo (English): A dialogue between master and student designed to...
Definitions
- A dialogue between master and student designed to...
Ancestry of “mondo”, step by step
mondo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian mondo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mondo | world; people; society; kingdom |
| 2 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
via Japanese 問答
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 問答 | questions and answers; dialogue; hold a dialogue |