Where does “montaigne” come from?

montaigne (Old French) comes from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

montaigne (Old French): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “montaigne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmontāniamountainous area
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 “montaigne”

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