Where does “surmontable” come from?

surmontable (French) comes from French surmonter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin montare, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

surmontable (French): surmountable

Definitions

  1. surmountable

Ancestry of “surmontable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsurmonterto overcome, to surmount, to get over; to top, to...
2Old Frenchmonterto go up; to mount
3Vulgar Latinmontarepresent active infinitive of *montō
4Latinmōnsmountain, mount
5Proto-Italic*monts—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “surmontable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Proto-Italic *monts →Every word from Latin mōns →