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
Ancestry of “mondumo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | mondo | world; human collective existence; existence in... |
| 2 | French | monde | world; people; good heavens |
| 3 | Old French | monde | the world; clean; pure |
| 4 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |