Where does “-mont” come from?

-mont (English) comes from French -mont, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

-mont (English): Forming a placename or a surname derived...

Definitions

  1. Forming a placename or a surname derived...

Ancestry of “-mont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-montForming a placename or a surname derived...
2Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
3Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
4Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
5Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
7PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
8Old Portuguesemonte
Every word from Old Portuguese monteEvery word from Latin montemEvery word from Latin mons