monastery

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμοναστήριον“hermitage, monastery”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frommonastērium“monastery”
3. Old French · derived frommonastere
4. Middle English · inherited frommonasterie
5. English todaymonastery

From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.

Words from the same roots