Where does “mundane” come from?
Mundane comes from Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus meaning "world," with the suffix -um/-us/-os/-os tracing back through Old Latin and Proto-Italic.
mundane (English): Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to...
Definitions
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to...
Ancestry of “mundane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mondeyne | — |
| 2 | Old French | mondain | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | mundanus | worldly, mundane; cosmopolitan |
| 4 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
Words derived from “mundane”