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Where does “Mô-na-cô” come from?

Mô-na-cô (Vietnamese) comes from French monaco, from Ancient Greek μόνοικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Mô-na-cô (Vietnamese): Monégasque, Monacan

Definitions

  1. Monégasque, Monacan

Ancestry of “Mô-na-cô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmonacoA cocktail made of beer mixed with grenadine...
2Ancient Greekμόνοικοςsingle house
3Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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