minchen

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Etymology

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From Middle English minchen, monchen, from Old English myneċen (a female monk, nun), from Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (female monk), from *munikaz (monk), from Late Latin monachus (monk), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, hermit, noun), from μοναχός (monakhós, single, solitary, adjective), from μόνος (mónos, alone), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (small, little, isolated). Cognate with German Mönchin (female monk). Related also to minnow. More at monk.

Noun

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minchen (plural minchens)

  1. (obsolete) A nun.
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Middle English

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Noun

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minchen

  1. Alternative form of mynchen