Where does “Montrealer” come from?
Montrealer (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 — shoe.
Montrealer (English): A native or inhabitant of the city of Montreal
Definitions
- A native or inhabitant of the city of Montreal
Ancestry of “Montrealer”, step by step
Montrealer 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 |
via German Montréal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Montréal | — |