Where does “Monge” come from?
Monge (Spanish) comes from Portuguese Monge, from Old Portuguese monje, from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, from Latin monāchus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα.
Ancestry of “Monge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | Monge | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | monje | — |
| 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 | — |