Where does “demi-monde” come from?

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

demi-monde (French): demimonde

Definitions

  1. demimonde

Ancestry of “demi-monde”, 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 “demi-monde”

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