coenobium

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromcoenobia
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοινός“common, shared”
3. Koine Greek · derived fromκοινόβιον“life in community; monastery”
4. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromcoenobium“cloister, convent; monastery”
5. English todaycoenobium

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coenobium (“cloister, convent; monastery”), from Koine Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “life in community; monastery”), the neuter form of κοινόβιος (koinóbios, “communal living”), from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, shared”) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Doublet of coenoby. The plural form coenobia is borrowed from Late Latin coenobia.

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