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Where does “granmoun” come from?

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

granmoun (Haitian Creole): adult

Definitions

  1. adult

Ancestry of “granmoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolemounperson
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
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