Where does “a mont” come from?

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

a mont (Old French): toward or to a mountain or heap

Definitions

  1. toward or to a mountain or heap

Ancestry of “a mont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad montemto a mountain
2Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
3Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
5PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
6Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “a mont”

Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →