English
mundane
Mundane comes from Late Latin mundānus ‘worldly, mundane’, and goes back to Latin mundus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmundus‘world’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmundānus‘worldly, mundane’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mondain
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mondeyne
- Englishearliest quotation 1662mundane
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmundus‘world’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmundānus‘worldly, mundane’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mondain
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mondeyne
- Englishearliest quotation 1662mundane
Earliest quotation: 1662, Thomas Salusbury: “Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually…”
Every English word from Latin mundus
Today it means
adj Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mundus / mundane