Where does “mountain” come from?

mountain (Middle English) comes from Middle English mountayne, from Anglo-Norman montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

mountain (Middle English): Alternative form of mountayne

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mountayne

Ancestry of “mountain”, step by step

mountain traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mountayne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmountayneA mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile
2Anglo-Normanmontaigne
3Latinmontāniamountainous area
4Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
5Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
7PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
8Old Portuguesemonte

via Old French muntaigne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmuntaignemountain
2Vulgar Latinmontaniamountain
3Latinmontaniusmountainous
4Latinmontanusof or pertaining to a mountain, especially—
5Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via Anglo-Norman muntaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormanmuntaineAlternative form of muntaigne

Words derived from “mountain

Every word from Old Portuguese monte