Where does “Montreal seasoning” come from?
Montreal seasoning (English) comes from English Montreal, from French Montréal, from Middle French Montreal, from Middle French real, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Montreal seasoning (English): Synonym of Montreal steak spice
Definitions
- Synonym of Montreal steak spice
Ancestry of “Montreal seasoning”, step by step
Montreal seasoning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Montreal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Montreal | Quebec |
| 2 | French | Montréal | — |
| 3 | Middle French | Montreal | at its confluence with the Ottawa River |
| 4 | Middle French | real | royal; Alternative form of royal |
| 5 | Old French | reel | — |
| 6 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 7 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 8 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 9 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 10 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 11 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 12 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 13 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 14 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 15 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English seasoning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seasoning | Something used to add taste or flavour to food,... |
| 2 | English | season | Each of the four divisions of a year: spring,... |
| 3 | French | assaisonner | to season |
| 4 | French | saison | season |
| 5 | Old French | saison | season |
| 6 | Latin | satiōnem | — |
| 7 | Latin | satum | accusative supine of serō; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Latin | serō | to sow, plant |
| 9 | Latin | sērus | late, too late |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | swerjos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swer-yo-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | swer- | to ache; to fester; wound; injury |