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Where does “monture” come from?

monture (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.

monture (French): A mount, an animal which is ridden; A setting,...

Definitions

  1. A mount, an animal which is ridden; A setting,...

Ancestry of “monture”, 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 “monture”

  • monture
  • Montur
  • montuur
  • mundur
  • mundurek
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →