Where does “amounten” come from?
amounten (Middle English) comes from Old French amonter, from Old French amont, from Old French a mont, from Latin ad montem, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.
amounten (Middle English): to mount up to, come up to, signify
Definitions
- to mount up to, come up to, signify
Ancestry of “amounten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | amonter | to ascend; to go up; to amount to; to amount to;... |
| 2 | Old French | amont | — |
| 3 | Old French | a mont | toward or to a mountain or heap |
| 4 | Latin | ad montem | to a mountain |
| 5 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 6 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 8 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |