English
Mount Sharp
From mount + Sharp.
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
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
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Proto-Germanic *skarpaz ‘sharp’
Proto-West Germanic *skarp ‘sharp’
Old English sċearp ‘sharp’
Middle English scharp ‘sharp’
English Sharp
The story
Named in honour of U.S. geologist Robert P.
Today it means
name A mountain in Antarctica.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mount Sharp