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Where does “monte” come from?

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

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
2Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
4PortugueseMonte—

Words derived from “monte”

  • Monterey
  • Monterrey
  • Monterrey
  • monte
  • amontoar
  • montão
  • Belmonte
  • Monte
  • montenegrino
  • monte
  • Monterrei
  • Montenegro
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