Where does “mondain” come from?

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

mondain (French): worldly, mundane; chic

Definitions

  1. worldly, mundane; chic

Ancestry of “mondain”, step by step

mondain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French mondain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmondain—
2Late Latinmundanusworldly, mundane; cosmopolitan
3Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

via Latin mundānus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmundānusworldly, mundane
2Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

Words derived from “mondain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Late Latin mundanus →