Where does “amont” come from?

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

Ancestry of “amont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencha monttoward or to a mountain or heap
2Latinad montemto a mountain
3Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
4Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
6PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
7Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “amont”

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