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Mănăstireni

Mănăstireni comes from Romanian mănăstire ‘monastery’, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριος ‘alone, made alone’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *mónwos.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mónwosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμόνοςmónos‘alone’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμονάζωmonázō‘to be alone’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμοναστήριος‘alone, made alone’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμοναστήριον‘monastery’
  6. Greek1453–presentμοναστήρι‘an abbey, monastery, convent, cloister’
  7. Old Church Slavonicmodernмонастырь
  8. Romanianc. 1500–presentmănăstire‘monastery’
  9. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentMănăstireni
  10. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mónwosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμόνοςmónos‘alone’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμονάζωmonázō‘to be alone’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμοναστήριος‘alone, made alone’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμοναστήριον‘monastery’
  6. Greek1453–presentμοναστήρι‘an abbey, monastery, convent, cloister’
  7. Old Church Slavonicmodernмонастырь
  8. Romanianc. 1500–presentmănăstire‘monastery’
  9. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentMănăstireni
  10. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Ancient Greek μόνος ‘alone’

monk, munch, monolith, monochromatic, monad, monism, 14 more

through Ancient Greek μοναστήριον ‘monastery’

monastery, minster

Today it means

name A village and commune of Cloj, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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