mouaine
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) monk
- (Jersey) monkfish taxlink
Etymology
Inherited from Old French moingne inherited 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
- *monicus Latin
- monacha Latin
- monachus Latin
- monicus Latin
- monāchus Latin
- monaco Italian
- Lemoine French
- 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
- moingne Old French
- monaĥo Esperanto
- μοναχός Greek (modern)
- mynach Welsh
- munih Old High German
- manach Old Irish
- монах Bulgarian
- moine Middle French
- монах Macedonian
- mmonaki Swahili
- menih Slovene
- monxu Asturian
- monge Old Occitan