The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνος“alone, only, sole, single”
- New Latin · borrowed frommonochasium
- English todaymonochasium
From New Latin monochasium, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) + χάσις (khásis, “chasm, separation”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόνος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.