English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mundātio (cleaning), from mundō (I make clean), from mundus (clean, neat, elegant), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (to wash, wet). Cognate with Dutch mooi (nice, beautiful, sheen).

Noun edit

mundation (countable and uncountable, plural mundations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of cleaning.

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