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Where does “monto” come from?

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

monto (Vulgar Latin): to mount; I climb, mount, go up

Definitions

  1. to mount; I climb, mount, go up

Ancestry of “monto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “monto”

  • muntatge
  • desmuntar
  • muntar
  • monteren
  • monteur
  • desmonter
  • monter
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