English
Mountcastle
Perhaps a habitational surname from a now lost place, from mount + castle.
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 *ḱes- ‘to cut’
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Late Latin castellum ‘small camp, fort’
Proto-West Germanic *kastell ‘castle’
Old English castel ‘town, village; castle’
Middle English castel ‘castle’
English castle
Today it means
name A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mountcastle