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