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Where does “mundans” come from?

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

mundans (Latin): cleaning, cleansing

Definitions

  1. cleaning, cleansing

Ancestry of “mundans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmundoI clean or cleanse; dative/ablative singular of...
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
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