Where does “mons” come from?

Mons comes from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European men-, related to the root meaning "to project" or "stand out," which also produced words for mountain and mind across Indo-European languages.

mons (English): One of the fleshy areas at the base of the...

Definitions

  1. One of the fleshy areas at the base of the...

Ancestry of “mons”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
3PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
4Old Portuguesemonte—
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →Every word from Proto-Indo-European monti →