Where does “maonde” come from?

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

maonde (Norman): world

Definitions

  1. world

Ancestry of “maonde”, 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 →