Re: Res: [tied] African Names

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 64931
Date: 2009-08-23



--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:

From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
Subject: Res: [tied] African Names
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 6:58 PM

 

Monica < Greek monakhe "she-monk"?

JS Lopes

Would you name your daughter "nun"? --There are no "she-monks".

De: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@... net>
Para: Joao S. Lopes <cybalist@... s.com>
Enviadas: Sábado, 22 de Agosto de 2009 19:16:19
Assunto: Re: [tied] African Names

 

At 6:08:33 PM on Saturday, August 22, 2009, Joao S. Lopes
wrote:

> (Changing Subject title)

> MOnica is Greco-Latin, the name of St Augustin's mother.

It is the name of Augustine's mother, and it reached English
via Greco-Latin, but we don't know its actual origin.

Brian


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