The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνος“single”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromμονοφυσίτης
- Medieval Latin · borrowed frommonophysita
- English todayMonophysite
From Medieval Latin monophysita, from Medieval Greek μονοφυσίτης (monophusítēs), from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόνος all →
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