Where does “монтёр” come from?
монтёр (Russian) comes from Russian монти́ровать, from German montieren, from French monter, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti.
монтёр (Russian): installer, assembler, fitter; electrician,...
Definitions
- installer, assembler, fitter; electrician,...
Ancestry of “монтёр”, step by step
монтёр traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian монти́ровать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | монти́ровать | to assemble to put together |
| 2 | German | montieren | to mount, to set up |
| 3 | French | monter | to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go... |
| 4 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 5 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 6 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 7 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 9 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
via French monteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | monteur | editor |
| 2 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 3 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |