Mönch
German (Berlin)
/mœnç/
noun
Definitions
- monk
- blackcap
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German munih derived from Latin monicus, monachus (monk) derived from Ancient Greek μοναχός (solitary, single, monk, hermit, isolated, originally solitary, i, lonely).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μοναχός
Gloss
solitary, single, monk, hermit, isolated, originally solitary, i, lonely
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
私, 僕, 俺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monk English
- monkery English
- monkess English
- monkette English
- monking English
- monkish English
- monkless English
- monklet English
- monklike English
- monkly English
- monkscloth English
- monkshood English
- *monicus Latin
- monacha Latin
- monachus Latin
- monicus Latin
- monāchus Latin
- Geier German
- Mönchin German
- Mönchsgeier German
- mönchisch German
- monaco Italian
- Schiermonnikoog Dutch, Flemish
- bedelmonnik Dutch, Flemish
- monnik Dutch, Flemish
- monniksgier Dutch, Flemish
- monnikskap Dutch, Flemish
- монах Russian
- monaguillo Spanish, Castilian
- monja Spanish, Castilian
- monje Spanish, Castilian
- μοναχός Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *munikinnō Proto-Germanic
- munuc Old English
- monk Middle English
- mnich Czech
- mníšek Czech
- moingne Old French
- monaĥo Esperanto
- μοναχός Greek (modern)
- mynach Welsh
- monic Middle Dutch
- munih Old High German
- manach Old Irish
- monnik Afrikaans
- монах Bulgarian
- münech Middle High German
- münich Middle High German
- Mënch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *monik Old Dutch
- монах Macedonian
- mních Slovak
- mmonaki Swahili
- menih Slovene
- мънихъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- monge Old Occitan
- mynich Vilamovian
- monachus LL