Where does “somonte” come from?

somonte (Galician) comes from Galician monte, from Old Portuguese monte, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte — mount; a mountain or large hill.

somonte (Galician): a quality of coarse cloth

Definitions

  1. a quality of coarse cloth

Ancestry of “somonte”, step by step

somonte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician monte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmontemountain, mount; large hill; wilderness;...
2Old Portuguesemonte—
3Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
4Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
6PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill

via Galician só

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansóalone; lonely, solitary; no more than; merely
2Old Portuguesesõo—
3Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
4Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
5Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound
Every word from Portuguese Monte →Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →