Where does “mountayne” come from?

mountayne (Middle English) comes 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.

mountayne (Middle English): A mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile

Definitions

  1. A mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile

Ancestry of “mountayne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mountayne”

Every word from Old Portuguese monte →