Where does “montaggista” come from?
montaggista (Italian) comes from Italian montaggio, from French montage, from French monter, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti.
montaggista (Italian): typesetter
Ancestry of “montaggista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | montaggio | assembly; frame; montage |
| 2 | French | montage | assembly, set-up; editing |
| 3 | French | monter | to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go... |
| 4 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 5 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 6 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 7 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 9 | Portuguese | Monte | — |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |