Where does “sopramondo” come from?

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

sopramondo (Italian): overworld; a superior world than that of daily life

Definitions

  1. overworld; a superior world than that of daily life

Ancestry of “sopramondo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmondoworld; people; society; kingdom
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-