Where does “mountaintop” come from?
Mountaintop comes from Middle English montaigne, from Old French muntaine, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Latin mons meaning a high mass of land.
mountaintop (English): The summit of a mountain; Situated or occurring...
Definitions
- The summit of a mountain; Situated or occurring...
Ancestry of “mountaintop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Mountain | a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement |
| 2 | Middle English | mountayne | A mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | montaigne | — |
| 4 | Latin | montānia | — |
| 5 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 6 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 8 | Portuguese | Monte | — |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |