minchen

English

Alternative forms

• mynchen, mincheon, minchun

Etymology

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

minchen (plural minchens)

1. (obsolete) A nun.

Related terms

• minch
• monk
• minchery

Anagrams

• Chin-men, Chinmen, inchmen

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Middle English

Noun

minchen

1. Alternative form of mynchen