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Where does “monte” come from?

monte (Spanish) comes from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

monte (Spanish): mountain, mount; hill; forest, wilderness

Definitions

  1. mountain, mount; hill; forest, wilderness

Ancestry of “monte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
2Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
4PortugueseMonte—
5Old Portuguesemonte—

Words derived from “monte”

  • monte
  • monton
  • monito del monte
  • montonazo
  • montón
  • desmontaje
  • monito del monte
  • desmontar
  • montoncito
  • amontonadero
  • Montemayor
  • saltamontes
  • amontonar
  • Monte
  • montuno
  • Monte
  • mondi
  • monte
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