Where does “mondadientes” come from?
mondadientes (Spanish) comes from Spanish mondar, from Latin mundo, from Latin mundus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.
mondadientes (Spanish): toothpick
Ancestry of “mondadientes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | mondar | to peel; to crack up |
| 2 | Latin | mundo | I clean or cleanse; dative/ablative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |