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Where does “Montaigne” come from?

Montaigne (English) comes from French Montaigne, from Middle French montaigne, from Old French montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.

Ancestry of “Montaigne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMontaigne—
2Middle Frenchmontaignemountain
3Old Frenchmontaignemountain
4Latinmontānia—
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “Montaigne”

  • Montaignian
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →