monk

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A man who lives apart from the world in a religious community and has taken religious vows.

   The monks spend their mornings in prayer and silence.

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Simplified etymology

Monk is an Old English word ultimately derived from Greek monakos, “solitary.” It is related through the Greek root monos, “alone,” to monastery and monarch.

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

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