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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmonastique—
2Late Latinmonasticus—

Words derived from “monastic”

  • monasticism
  • monastically
  • nonmonastic
  • semimonastic
  • antimonastic
  • unmonastic
Every word from Late Latin monasticus →