Where does “monaĥo” come from?

monaĥo (Esperanto) comes from Latin monāchus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.

monaĥo (Esperanto): monk

Definitions

  1. monk

Ancestry of “monaĥo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmonāchusmonk
2Ancient Greekμοναχόςsolitary, single; monk, monastic
3Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
4Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
5Proto-Hellenic*spérmə

Words derived from “monaĥo

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *spérməEvery word from Ancient Greek σπέρμαEvery word from Ancient Greek μόνος
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