Where does mynchen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

mynchen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"Another of these canons orders that the cells of mynchens (sanctimonialium domicilia) were not to be places of gossip, feasting, and drinking, but rather of reading and psalm-singing, than of weaving or sewing fine clothes."

From Middle English mynchen, from Old English mynecen, from munec (“monk”). See monk.

mynchens (plural)

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