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Where does “mondo” come from?

mondo (Italian) comes from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

mondo (Italian): world; people; society; kingdom

Definitions

  1. world; people; society; kingdom

Ancestry of “mondo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

Words derived from “mondo”

  • mondo bizarro
  • rimondare
  • monda
  • mondo
  • mondariso
  • mondatrice
  • mondatura
  • mondatore
  • nanomondo
  • mondazione
  • rimondatura
  • mondare
  • mondabile
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