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monte
Monte comes from Spanish monte ‘mountain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōns‘mountain, mount’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmonte‘mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022monte
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōns‘mountain, mount’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmonte‘mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022monte
Earliest quotation: 2022, Michael Paulson, Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere: “A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning…”
The story
Borrowed from Spanish monte (‘mountain’): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, mind, money, remain, museum, comment, mental, mouth, auto, min, permanent, mountain, mention, monitor, maya, monster, demonstration, monetary, mentor, amnesty, muse, mint, dementia, menace, ming, prominence, mas, mandarin, imminent, mania, amnesia, eminent, manic, mosaic, monument, monk, mantra, eminence, muster, remnant, 122 more
through Proto-Italic *monts
through Latin mōns ‘mountain, mount’
Today it means
noun A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / monte