Where does “mondo” come from?

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

mondo (Esperanto): world; human collective existence; existence in...

Definitions

  1. world; human collective existence; existence in...

Ancestry of “mondo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mondo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Old French monde →