monago
Old Leonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin monachus. Attested in a Leonese document dating to 980 CE.[1]
Noun
[edit]monago m (plural monagos)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “monje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 128
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from monaguillo, with subtraction of diminutive -illo.
Noun
[edit]monago m (plural monagos)
- altar boy, acolyte
- Synonyms: acólito, monaguillo
Further reading
[edit]- “monago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28