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Where does “mount” come from?

Mount comes from Middle English munt, from Old French munter, from Latin montem, meaning mountain or elevated landform.

mount (English): A hill or mountain; Any of seven fleshy...

Definitions

  1. A hill or mountain; Any of seven fleshy...

Ancestry of “mount”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmuntAlternative form of mount; Alternative form of...
2Middle EnglishmountA mountain; a mount or peak, especially the Alps
3Old Englishmunta hill, mound; a mount or mountain
4Latinmōns—
5Proto-Italic*monts—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “mount”

  • dismount
  • unmount
  • seamount
  • demountable
  • mountable
  • unmounting
  • mounteth
  • mountant
  • mounter
  • automount
  • automounter
  • wholemount
  • dismountable
  • demount
  • rackmount
  • mountest
  • mountboard
  • unmountable
  • mountless
  • overmount
  • dismounter
  • trimount
  • headmount
  • outmount
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