Word Origin Summary

Moun is attested in Plateau Haitian Creole. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. 𐌌𐌖𐌈Etruscanderived from
2. mundusLatinborrowed from
3. mondeSaint Dominican Creole Frenchderived from
4. mondeFrenchinherited from
5. *mh₂nd-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
6. *muh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from

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