Where does “amontyell” come from?

amontyell (Cornish) comes from Cornish amontya, 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.

amontyell (Cornish): computer

Definitions

  1. computer

Ancestry of “amontyell”, step by step

amontyell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish amontya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishamontyato count
2EnglishamountThe total, aggregate or sum of material; A...
3Middle Englishamountento mount up to, come up to, signify
4Old Frenchamonterto ascend; to go up; to amount to; to amount to;...
5Old Frenchamont
6Old Frencha monttoward or to a mountain or heap
7Latinad montemto a mountain
8Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
9Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
11PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
12Old Portuguesemonte

via Cornish ell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishell
Every word from Old Portuguese monte