Where does “monge” come from?

monge (Old Occitan) comes from Late Latin monicus, from Latin monāchus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.

monge (Old Occitan): monk

Definitions

  1. monk

Ancestry of “monge”, step by step

monge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin monicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmonicus—
2Latinmonāchusmonk
3Ancient Greekμοναχόςsolitary, single; monk, monastic
4Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
5Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
6Proto-Hellenic*spérmə—

via Occitan monge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanmonge—
2Latinmonicussporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul

Words derived from “monge”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə →Every word from Ancient Greek σπέρμα →Every word from Ancient Greek μόνος →
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