Where does “montopinto” come from?
montopinto (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.
montopinto (Esperanto): mountain peak
Definitions
- mountain peak
Ancestry of “montopinto”, step by step
montopinto 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 pinto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pinto | peak, summit; point |