Where does “monte” come from?

monte (Asturian) comes from Old Leonese monte, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

monte (Asturian): mount

Definitions

  1. mount

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Leonesemontehill
2Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
3Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
5PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
6Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “monte”

Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →