Where does “amunt” come from?
amunt (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.
amunt (Old French): uphill, upward
Ancestry of “amunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | a mont | toward or to a mountain or heap |
| 2 | Latin | ad montem | to a mountain |
| 3 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 4 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | Monte | — |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
Words derived from “amunt”