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-1‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntis1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*monts1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōns2as montem‘mountain, mount’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mont2
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmont3‘mountain, mount, mont’
- Englishtodaymont3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin mons
- 2 Wiktionary, French mont
- 3 Wiktionary, English mont
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-Wiktionary, Latin mons‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisWiktionary, Latin monsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsWiktionary, Latin monsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōnsWiktionary, French montas montem‘mountain, mount’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400montWiktionary, French mont
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmontWiktionary, English mont‘mountain, mount, mont’
- EnglishtodaymontWiktionary, English mont
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, 119 more
through Proto-Italic *monts
through Latin mōns ‘mountain, mount’
through Old French mont
Today it means
noun mount; mountain.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “mont”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin mons, French mont. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / mont