muinntir

muinntir
household, people, Irish muinntir, Old Irish muinter, muntar. This is regarded by Stokes, Zimmer, and Güterbock as an early borrowing from the Latin monasterium, monastery; the word familia is often applied to monasteries by Irish writers.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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