Etymograph

English

monture

Monture comes from French monture ‘a mount, an animal which is ridden’, from Vulgar Latin *montāre ‘climb’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-1‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntis1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*monts1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmons2as montem‘mountain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*montāre2‘climb’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400monter2‘to mount’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monter2‘to mount’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonter3‘to mount’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonture4‘a mount, an animal which is ridden’
  10. Englishtodaymonture4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin mons
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French monter
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French monture
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English monture

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-Wiktionary, Latin mons‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisWiktionary, Latin monsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsWiktionary, Latin monsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonsWiktionary, French monteras montem‘mountain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*montāreWiktionary, French monter‘climb’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400monterWiktionary, French monter‘to mount’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monterWiktionary, French monter‘to mount’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonterWiktionary, French monture‘to mount’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentmontureWiktionary, English monture‘a mount, an animal which is ridden’
  10. EnglishtodaymontureWiktionary, English monture

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’

music, mind, money, museum, comment, mental, remain, mouth, auto, min, permanent, mountain, mention, monster, monitor, maya, demonstration, monetary, mentor, mint, amnesty, muse, dementia, menace, ming, prominence, mas, mandarin, imminent, mania, muster, monk, mosaic, eminent, monument, amnesia, manic, monastery, mantra, eminence, 116 more

through Proto-Italic *monts

montero, 9 more

through Latin mons ‘mountain’

amount, monte, mons, montane, 10 more

through Vulgar Latin *montāre ‘climb’

mount, 2 more

through Old French monter ‘to mount’

surmount, 2 more

through French monter ‘to mount’

montage

Today it means

noun A mounting, setting, or frame.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “monture”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin mons, French monter, French monture. 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.

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