moingne
Old French
noun
Definitions
- monk (male person devoted to religion)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μοναχός (solitary, single, monk, hermit, isolated, originally solitary, i, lonely) inherited from Latin monachus (monk), monicus.
Origin
Latin
monicus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *monicus Latin
- monacha Latin
- monachus Latin
- monicus Latin
- monāchus Latin
- monaco Italian
- moine French
- монах Russian
- monaguillo Spanish, Castilian
- monja Spanish, Castilian
- monje Spanish, Castilian
- μοναχός Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *munikinnō Proto-Germanic
- munuc Old English
- monaĥo Esperanto
- μοναχός Greek (modern)
- mynach Welsh
- munih Old High German
- manach Old Irish
- mouaine Norman
- монах Bulgarian
- moine Middle French
- *monik Old Dutch
- монах Macedonian
- mmonaki Swahili
- menih Slovene
- monxu Asturian
- monge Old Occitan