The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνος“alone, single”
- English todaymonomictic
From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, mono- + -mictic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόνος all →
monochromaticmonismmonopsonymonochasiummonoprionidianmonostichMonotessaronmonothalamousoneseed juniper
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.