Where does “mont” come from?
Mont comes from Old French mont, from Latin montem (accusative of mons, meaning "mountain"), from Proto-Indo-European men-.
mont (English): mount; mountain
Definitions
- mount; mountain
Ancestry of “mont”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 2 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 3 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 4 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |