Where does “mondumo” come from?

mondumo (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.

mondumo (Esperanto): high society

Definitions

  1. high society

Ancestry of “mondumo”, step by step

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