Where does “monte” come from?

monte (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese monte, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte — mount; a mountain or large hill.

monte (Portuguese): mount; a mountain or large hill; pile; heap;...

Definitions

  1. mount; a mountain or large hill; pile; heap;...

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “monte”

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