Where does “demimond” come from?

demimond (Romanian) comes from English demimonde, from French demi-monde, from French monde, from Old French monde, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

demimond (Romanian): demimonde

Definitions

  1. demimonde

Ancestry of “demimond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdemimondeA class of women maintained by wealthy...
2Frenchdemi-mondedemimonde
3Frenchmondeworld; people; good heavens
4Old Frenchmondethe world; clean; pure
5Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Latin mundus →Every word from Old French monde →