Where does “Mons” come from?

Mons (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French mons, from Latin montes, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Ancestry of “Mons”, step by step

Mons traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mons

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonsmountain
2Latinmontesnominative plural of mōns; accusative plural of...
3Latinmōnsmountain, mount
4Proto-Italic*monts—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

via Latin magnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Proto-Italic *monts →Every word from Latin mōns →