Where does “monde” come from?
monde (French) comes from Old French monde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
monde (French): world; people; good heavens
Definitions
- world; people; good heavens
Ancestry of “monde”, step by step
monde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French monde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | monde | the world; clean; pure |
| 2 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
via Late Latin mundus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | mundus | world; clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 2 | Etruscan | ??? | pit, mundus |
Words derived from “monde”