Etymology Explorer › Middle English

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

  1. to mount up to, come up to, signify

Ancestry of “amounten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchamonterto ascend; to go up; to amount to; to amount to;...
2Old Frenchamont—
3Old Frencha monttoward or to a mountain or heap
4Latinad montemto a mountain
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “amounten”

  • amount
  • amounteth
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →