Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. · In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally. · Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit. · An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
To be a monk. · To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative. · To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic. · To be intoxicated or confused.
From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
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- Root classification mention*men- (small)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmonkenm
- Inherited-form mentionmunucang
- Inherited-form mention*munikgmw-pro
- Derivation mentionμοναχόςgrc
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