Where does “monist” come from?
monist (English) comes from Finnish moniste, from Finnish monistaa, from Finnish moni, from Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone.
monist (English): An advocate of monism
Ancestry of “monist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | moniste | copy produced with a copier; handout |
| 2 | Finnish | monistaa | to photocopy, to copy, duplicate, run off; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | moni | many; few, quite a few; many people, many |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | moni | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | mone | — |
Words derived from “monist”