Where does “monastic” come from?

Monastic comes from Middle French monastique and Late Latin monasticus, meaning "of or relating to monks or monasteries."

monastic (English): Of or relating to monasteries or monks; A person...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to monasteries or monks; A person...

Ancestry of “monastic”, step by step

monastic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French monastique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmonastique—
2Late Latinmonasticus—

via French monastique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonastiquemonastic

Words derived from “monastic”

Every word from Late Latin monasticus →Every word from Middle French monastique →