What does "なんてもんに" mean in this sentece?

Question

普段から俺は、病気なんてもんに縁がなかった。

I know some of the meanings of なんて and here I think it's just a word to emphasize 病気 in the sentence, but I don't understand that もんに. I think it has something to do with もの, maybe the regular 物. Also, I'm not sure but it seems that the reading of 縁 is "えん", which apparently means either fate or relationship/link, because there's also a "ふち" reading which means edge but it wouldn't make sense here. My guess:

I usually didn't have any connection with the illness.

Also, if I was right with my guess, can I say that "もんに縁がなかった" has a literal meaning of "There wasn't a connection with that thing (もの→病気)"? In this case, is もんに repeating the noun 病気, similar to そんなものに?

Answer 1

The following is the relevant definition of なんて, which derives from などと.

３ ある事物を例示して、次の語と同格であることを示す。…などという。「田中―人、知らない」「人間―ものはちっぽけなもんです」

もん is a slangy form of もの, so technically なんて indicates that 病気 is in apposition to もの. なんてもん is a less polite version of などというもの, and 病気なんていうもの is also possible.

Practically Xなんてもん means "such a thing/things as/called X (in general)". The sentence means "I've never had any connection with such a thing as illness", meaning the speaker has never had health problems whatsoever.

The particular usage of なんてもん can be replaced by なんか for degrading the preceding noun.

• 会社なんてもんは信用できない One can never trust any company.
• iPhoneなんてもんはぜいたく品だ (Such a thing as) iPhone is a luxury.

Answer 2

"nantemon" if form "nado to iu mono". "mon" is "mono" changed by euphony that means a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

in this case "mono" is a category of disease or illness.