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Where does “montage” come from?

Montage comes from French montage, derived from French monter meaning to mount or assemble, from Latin montare meaning to climb, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men-.

montage (English): A composite work, particularly an artwork,...

Definitions

  1. A composite work, particularly an artwork,...

Ancestry of “montage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmontageassembly, set-up; editing
2Frenchmonterto go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...
3Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
4Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “montage”

  • photomontage
  • 蒙太奇
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