Where does “mundéu” come from?

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

mundéu (Portuguese): a type of deadfall trap

Definitions

  1. a type of deadfall trap

Ancestry of “mundéu”, step by step

mundéu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese mundo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemundoworld; world; humanity
2Old Portuguesemundo
3Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

via Old Tupi mundé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupimundéa kind of deadfall trap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-Every word from Latin mundusEvery word from Old Portuguese mundo