Where does “monte” come from?

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

monte (Old Leonese): hill

Definitions

  1. hill

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
2Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
4PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
5Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “monte”

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