monacu

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• manacu, manucu, monagu, monigu, managu (archaic)

Etymology

Originally inherited from Latin monachus (both in the form monacu and the others listed above), then later displaced by the doublet monzu, a borrowing from Catalan.

In modern times the specific form monacu has returned as a borrowing of Italian monaco.

Noun

monacu m (plural monacos)

1. monk

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “mònaku”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg