Etymology

-amundo

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Spanish -mente
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  1. Spanish · derived from-mente
  2. English today-amundo

Pseudo-Hispanism, possibly from a confusion of Spanish -mente (adverbial suffix) with mundo (“world”). Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.