English
monkey
Uncertain: * May be derived from monk + -ey (diminutive suffix), * or borrowed from Middle Low German Moneke, the name of the son of Martin the Ape in Reynard the Fox (which may represent an unattested colloquial Middle Low German *moneke, *moneken), itself of uncertain origin: ** Possibly derived from a Romance term represented by Late Middle French monne (whence Modern French mone (“monkey”)) or earlier Old French monnekin (“monkey”), originally Monnekin, the name of a monkey in Li Dis d'Entendement.
Formed from monk + -y
Proto-Indo-European *men-
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Late Latin monicus
Proto-West Germanic *munik
Old English munuc
Middle English monk ‘a monk’
English monk
Today it means
noun A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / monkey