Etymology

monostich

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Ancient Greek μόνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνος“alone, single”
  2. English todaymonostich

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.

Words from the same roots

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