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Where does “monte” come from?

monte (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese monte, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.

monte (Galician): mountain, mount; large hill; wilderness;...

Definitions

  1. mountain, mount; large hill; wilderness;...

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemonte—
2Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
3Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
5PortugueseMonte—

Words derived from “monte”

  • Monterey
  • Monterrey
  • Monterrey
  • Monterrei
  • montenegrino
  • Montenegro
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