Where does “lemond” come from?

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

lemond (Mauritian Creole): the Earth; world, planet

Definitions

  1. the Earth; world, planet

Ancestry of “lemond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmondeworld; people; good heavens
2Old Frenchmondethe world; clean; pure
3Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Old French monde →
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