minch
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mynche, a reduced form of minchen, monchen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), from *munikaz (“monk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin monachus (“monk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), from μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”, adjective), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (“small, little, isolated”). Cognate with German Mönchin (“female monk”). Related also to minnow. More at monk.
Noun
minch (plural minches)
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