Where does “moun” come from?

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

moun (Réunion Creole French): person; people

Definitions

  1. person; people

Ancestry of “moun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmondeworld; people; good heavens
2Old Frenchmondethe world; clean; pure
3Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
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