Etymology Explorer › Esperanto

Where does “montkresto” come from?

montkresto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto monto, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

montkresto (Esperanto): mountain ridge

Definitions

  1. mountain ridge

Ancestry of “montkresto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomontomountain, hill
2Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
3Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
4Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
5Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
7PortugueseMonte—
8Old Portuguesemonte—
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →