Where does “montón” come from?

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

montón (Spanish): heap, pile; ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads

Definitions

  1. heap, pile; ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads

Ancestry of “montón”, step by step

montón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician monte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmontemountain, mount; large hill; wilderness;...
2Old Portuguesemonte—
3Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
4Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
6PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill

via Spanish Monte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMontemountain, mount
2Latinmōnsmountain, mount
3Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “montón”

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