Where does “monton” come from?

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

Ancestry of “monton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
2Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
3Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
5PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
6Old Portuguesemonte
Every word from Old Portuguese monte