Where does “mundu” come from?
mundu (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese mundo, from Old Portuguese mundo, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mundu (Papiamentu): world
Definitions
- world
Ancestry of “mundu”, step by step
mundu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese mundo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mundo | world; world; humanity |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mundo | — |
| 3 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |
via Spanish mundo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mundo | world, earth; world, globe; world |