Where does “monja” come from?
monja (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese monja, from Old Portuguese monge, from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, from Latin monāchus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα.
monja (Portuguese): nun
Ancestry of “monja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | monja | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | monge | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | monge | monk |
| 4 | Late Latin | monicus | — |
| 5 | Latin | monāchus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μοναχός | solitary, single; monk, monastic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |