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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.

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—
5PortugueseMonte—

Words derived from “monte”

  • montão
  • Monte
  • Belmonte
  • amontoar
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