From: george knysh Message: 64943 Date: 2009-08-24
Also in Ukrainian "monakhynia" (feminine of "monakh"). It;s not a personal name though (:=)
--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:
From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> Subject: Res: Res: [tied] African Names To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 12:43 AM
In Portuguese there is "monja", feminine of monge (monk).
De: Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@ yahoo.com> Para: cybalist@... s.com Enviadas: Sábado, 22 de Agosto de 2009 22:43:58 Assunto: Re: Res: [tied] African Names
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@... com.br> wrote:
From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@... com.br> Subject: Res: [tied] African Names To: cybalist@... s.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.