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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

  1. A dialogue between master and student designed to...

Ancestry of “mondo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmondoworld; people; society; kingdom
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
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