Where does “amount” come from?
amount (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.
amount (Old French): above, upward
Ancestry of “amount”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ad montem | to a mountain |
| 2 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 3 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | Monte | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
Words derived from “amount”