Where does “mondbildo” come from?

mondbildo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mondo, from French monde, from Old French monde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

mondbildo (Esperanto): worldview

Definitions

  1. worldview

Ancestry of “mondbildo”, step by step

mondbildo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto mondo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomondoworld; human collective existence; existence in...
2Frenchmondeworld; people; good heavens
3Old Frenchmondethe world; clean; pure
4Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

via Esperanto bildo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobildopicture, image
2GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
3Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
4Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Old French monde →