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
- mountain ridge
Ancestry of “montkresto”, step by step
montkresto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto monto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | monto | mountain, hill |
| 2 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 3 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 4 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 5 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 7 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
via Esperanto kresto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kresto | crest |
| 2 | English | crest | The summit of a hill or mountain ridge; A tuft,... |
| 3 | Middle English | creste | — |
| 4 | Old French | creste | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *cresta | — |
| 6 | Latin | crista | the crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |