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Where does “-mont” come from?

-mont (French) comes 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.

-mont (French): Forming a placename or a surname derived...

Definitions

  1. Forming a placename or a surname derived...

Ancestry of “-mont”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-mont”

  • Craigmont
  • -mont
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →