köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
köken: Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā) which generally means “dwelling” and specifically “cloister”, from the Syriac root ܕ ܘ ܪ relating to dwelling, originally parallel to دَار (dār, “dwelling; abode”) and دَوَّارة (dawwāra, “home; quarter”) from the root د و ر (d w r) bearing meanings of “circling, going about”.
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic монастырь (monastyrĭ), from Greek μοναστήρι (monastíri), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion) or directly from the Greek source.
köken: Shortening of dialectal kalastorom (“monastery”), ultimately from Medieval Latin claustrum, the intermediate form *kalastor was influenced by monostor (“monastery”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Cognate with English cloister.
köken: From Middle Low German klōster, cf. German Kloster, from Medieval Latin claustrum (“enclosure, secluded part of a monastery”) (or Vulgar Latin *clōstrum). The Old West Norse form klaustr was borrowed via Old English clauster.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto monaĥo Latin -ia Old French -iebor. Middle High German -īe German -eibor. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)lbor. Greek -είο (-eío)bor. Esperanto -ejo Esperanto monaĥejo From monaĥo (“monk”) + -ejo (“place”).