English

Mount Batten

From mount + Batten.

A compound of mount + Batten

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, tower’

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Proto-Italic *monts ‘mountain’

Latin mōns ‘hill, mountain’

Old English munt ‘hill, mountain’

Middle English mount ‘mountain’

English mount

Middle English *battenen

The story

A rocky outcrop named after Surveyor of the Navy Sir William Batten.

name A prominence in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mount Batten