Where does “Montreal” come from?
Montreal comes from Middle French Montreal, combining Middle French real (royal) from Old French reel, derived from Latin regalis (of a king), from the Latin suffix -alis and Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- (to rule).
Montreal (English): Quebec
Definitions
- Quebec
Ancestry of “Montreal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Montréal | — |
| 2 | Middle French | Montreal | at its confluence with the Ottawa River |
| 3 | Middle French | real | royal; Alternative form of royal |
| 4 | Old French | reel | — |
| 5 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |