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Where does “монта́ж” come from?

монта́ж (Russian) comes from French montage, from French monter, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.

Ancestry of “монта́ж”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmontageassembly, set-up; editing
2Frenchmonterto go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...
3Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
4Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “монта́ж”

  • монтажник
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →