The story
- Latin · derived frommundus“world”
- Late Latin · derived frommundānus
- Old French · derived frommondain
- Middle English · inherited frommondeyne
- English todaymundane
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn. (ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).
Words from the same roots
Latinmundus all →
mundializationmundivagantMuspell
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.