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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

  1. to mount, install, fit

Ancestry of “montere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmontareto mount; literally, go up hill
2Frenchmonterto go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...
3Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
4Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “montere”

  • monter
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →