Where does “Monterey” come from?
Monterey derives from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, combining Galician monte and Old Portuguese rei, ultimately from Latin montem and mons, both meaning mountain, traced to Proto-Indo-European men-.
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Ancestry of “Monterey”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | Monterrey | — |
| 2 | Galician | Monterrei | — |
| 3 | Galician | rei | king |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | rei | king |
| 5 | Latin | regem | accusative singular of rēx |
| 6 | Latin | rex | king, ruler; despot, tyrant; king |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēks | king |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |