Where does “mont” come from?

mont (Norman) comes from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

mont (Norman): hill

Definitions

  1. hill

Ancestry of “mont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
2Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
3Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
5PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
6Old Portuguesemonte—
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →