köken: Borrowed from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Doublet of moutier (Old French mostier).
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.
From Old Galician-Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”), from Vulgar Latin *monistērium from Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Cognate with Galician mosteiro, English minster and French moutier (Old French moustier). Doublet of monastério.