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Where does “mondezza” come from?

mondezza (Italian) comes from Latin munditia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mondezza (Italian): cleanliness, purity; trash, rubbish, garbage

Definitions

  1. cleanliness, purity; trash, rubbish, garbage

Ancestry of “mondezza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmunditiacleanness, cleanliness; neatness, tidiness,...
2Latin-itia-ness, -ity
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “mondezza”

  • mondezzaio
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