Where does “montaje” come from?
montaje (Spanish) 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.
montaje (Spanish): assembly; arrangement, orchestration; montage
Definitions
- assembly; arrangement, orchestration; montage
Ancestry of “montaje”, step by step
montaje traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French montage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | montage | assembly, set-up; editing |
| 2 | French | monter | to go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go... |
| 3 | French | mont | mountain, mount, mont; the Alps |
| 4 | Old French | mont | mountain; Alternative form of monde |
| 5 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 6 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 8 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
via Spanish montar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | montar | to mount; to ride; to set up |
via Spanish aje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | aje |