Where does “montar” come from?

montar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese montar, 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,...

montar (Galician): to ride; to amount to; to increase; to round

Definitions

  1. to ride; to amount to; to increase; to round

Ancestry of “montar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemontar—
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 “montar”

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