Where does “mundo” come from?

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

mundo (Portuguese): world; world; humanity

Definitions

  1. world; world; humanity

Ancestry of “mundo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mundo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Old Portuguese mundo →