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Where does “monteur” come from?

monteur (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.

monteur (French): editor

Definitions

  1. editor

Ancestry of “monteur”, 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—

Words derived from “monteur”

  • monter
  • monterka
  • მონტიორი
  • montör
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →