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Where does “monter” come from?

monter (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.

monter (French): to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...

Definitions

  1. to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...

Ancestry of “monter”, 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 “monter”

  • montage
  • photomontage
  • remontant
  • monture
  • montoir
  • montaggio
  • fotomontaggio
  • fonomontaggio
  • montaggista
  • монтаж
  • евроремонт
  • ремонт
  • монтёр
  • демонтаж
  • монтировать
  • ремонтный
  • ремо́нт
  • ремонтник
  • démontage
  • démontable
  • surmonter
  • montage
  • monteur
  • insurmontablement
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