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Where does “mønstrete” come from?

mønstrete (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mønster, from Old French monstre, from Latin mōnstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

mønstrete (Norwegian Nynorsk): patterned

Definitions

  1. patterned

Ancestry of “mønstrete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmønstera pattern, model
2Old Frenchmonstremonster
3Latinmōnstrum—
4Proto-Italicmonestrom—
Every word from Proto-Italic monestrom →