Where does “montere” come from?
montere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Medieval Latin montare, from French monter, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.
montere (Norwegian Bokmål): to mount, install, fit
Definitions
- to mount, install, fit
Ancestry of “montere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | montare | to mount; literally, go up hill |
| 2 | French | monter | to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go... |
| 3 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 4 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 5 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 6 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 8 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |