- monastic (adj.)
[monastic 词源字典]
- mid-15c., from Middle French monastique "monkish, monastic," or directly from Late Latin monasticus, from Ecclesiastical Greek monastikos "solitary, pertaining to a monk," from Greek monazein "to live alone" (see monastery). Related: Monastical (c. 1400).[monastic etymology, monastic origin, 英语词源]