Etymograph

English

monastic

Monastic comes from Late Latin monasticus ‘monastic, having to do with monks’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-root as named
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmonasticus‘monastic, having to do with monks’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monastique
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1820monastic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-root as named
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmonasticus‘monastic, having to do with monks’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monastique
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1820monastic

Earliest quotation: 1820, Walter Scott, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman: “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *men-

mind, music, money, amount, comment, mental, remain, museum, mouth, permanent, mountain, auto, min, mention, mount, monitor, monster, mentor, mint, maya, monetary, imminent, muse, dementia, eminent, monument, ming, prominence, demonstration, mandarin, mantra, monk, amnesty, mania, amnesia, menace, mas, monte, muster, eminence, 127 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / monastic

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