Etymology

Ecce Mono

Today it means: A nickname for the ecce homo (depiction of Jesus with a crown of thorns) in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez and attempted to be restored by Cecilia Giménez, an untrained amateur artist, in 2012. Full definition →

Latin homō ← Spanish mono
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived frommono“monkey”
  2. Latin · derived fromhomō“man”
  3. English todayEcce Mono

By replacing Latin homō (“man”) of ecce homō (“behold the man”) with Spanish mono (“monkey”).

Words from the same roots

Latinhomō all →

humanehomagehomophobiaombrehomiformhomininhominizationhomo sapiens

Spanishmono all →

monos

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.