Where does “monde” come from?

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

monde (Middle French): the world; clean; pure

Definitions

  1. the world; clean; pure

Ancestry of “monde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmondethe world; clean; pure
2Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
3Proto-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 →