The term "monk" comes from Old English munuc and that from monachus, the Latinised form of the Greek μοναχός (monachos), "single, solitary, unique"[1], which in turn derives from μόνος (monos) "alone" from Sanskrit. It is a general term for a person...
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The term "monk" comes from Old English munuc and that from monachus, the Latinised form of the Greek μοναχός (monachos), "single, solitary, unique"[1], which in turn derives from μόνος (monos) "alone" from Sanskrit. It is a general term for a person who leads the "monastic life" in a "monastery". Nowadays it is often wrongly assumed that it signifies a monk living in community, who is merely one kind of monk who lives with other monks, namely a cenobite (Greek: κοινοβιακός). From early Church times there has been a lively discussion of the meaning of the term monk (derived from Greek: monos, alone), namely whether it denotes someone living alone/away from the rest of society, or someone celibate/focused on God alone. The Western rule giver Benedict of Nursia understood it as meaning the latter, namely a celibate dedicated to God. This is evident from the fact that his list of the four kinds of monks includes hermits. The four kinds of monk identified by Benedict of Nursia in chapter 1... See less 
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