The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμοναχός“single, solitary”
- English todaymonachopsis
Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view, sight”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμοναχός all →
monkminchminchen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.