Where does “amontya” come from?
amontya (Cornish) comes from English amount, from Middle English amounten, from Old French amonter, from Old French amont, from Old French a mont, from Latin ad montem, from Latin montem, from Latin mons.
amontya (Cornish): to count
Definitions
- to count
Ancestry of “amontya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amount | The total, aggregate or sum of material; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | amounten | to mount up to, come up to, signify |
| 3 | Old French | amonter | to ascend; to go up; to amount to; to amount to;... |
| 4 | Old French | amont | — |
| 5 | Old French | a mont | toward or to a mountain or heap |
| 6 | Latin | ad montem | to a mountain |
| 7 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 8 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 10 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |