mosteiro – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of mosteiro

Noun: mosteiro
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mmosteiro
Plural mmosteiros

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Etymology

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. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'mõesteiro', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μοναστήριον', Galician Nouns 'mosteiro', English Nouns 'minster', French Nouns 'moutier'.

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