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Where does “monte-charge” come from?

monte-charge (French) comes from French monter, 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.

monte-charge (French): service lift, goods lift, cargo lift , freight...

Definitions

  1. service lift, goods lift, cargo lift , freight...

Ancestry of “monte-charge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonterto go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...
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 →