English
mont
Mont comes from French mont ‘mountain, mount, mont’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōnsas montem‘mountain, mount’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mont
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmont‘mountain, mount, mont’
- Englishtodaymont
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōnsas montem‘mountain, mount’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mont
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmont‘mountain, mount, mont’
- Englishtodaymont
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’
music, mind, money, remain, museum, comment, mental, mouth, auto, min, permanent, mountain, mention, monster, maya, monitor, demonstration, amnesty, mentor, monetary, muse, menace, ming, prominence, mas, dementia, mandarin, mint, mania, imminent, muster, amnesia, manic, eminent, mosaic, monastery, eminence, mantra, monument, monk, 123 more
through Proto-Italic *monts
through Latin mōns ‘mountain, mount’
through Old French mont
Today it means
noun mount; mountain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / mont