munus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a service, office, employment
  • a burden, duty, obligation
  • a service, favor
  • a spectacle, public show
  • (in plural) a public building made at the expense of an individual
  • a gift

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *moinos (service) derived from Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*moy-nós

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms