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
Ancestry of “monde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
Words derived from “monde”