Where does “monde” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. the world; clean; pure

Ancestry of “monde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

Words derived from “monde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →