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

Definitions

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	mount; a mountain or large hill
6	Old Portuguese	monte	—

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