The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμηναῖος“lunar”
- New Latin · borrowed frommēnaion
- English todaymenaion
From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
menaion
Today it means: The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia. Full definition →
New Latin mēnaion ← Ancient Greek μηναῖος