Where does “amount” come from?
Amount comes from Middle English amounten, from Old French amonter meaning to go up, from amont meaning upward, from Latin ad montem meaning to the mountain, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men-.
amount (English): The total, aggregate or sum of material; A...
Definitions
- The total, aggregate or sum of material; A...
Ancestry of “amount”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | amounten | to mount up to, come up to, signify |
| 2 | Old French | amonter | to ascend; to go up; to amount to; to amount to;... |
| 3 | Old French | amont | — |
| 4 | Old French | a mont | toward or to a mountain or heap |
| 5 | Latin | ad montem | to a mountain |
| 6 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 7 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 9 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |