Etymology of the French word monter
the French word
monterderived from the Vulgar Latin word
montarederived from the Latin word
mons (mountain; mountain; huge rock; towering heap)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*men-Date
The earliest known usage of monter in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
montage,
montaison,
montoir,
monture,
démonter,
montant,
monte,
monteur,
desmonter,
surmonter,
montée,
monte-charge,
monte-courrier,
monte-glace,
monte-plat,
monte-sac,
prémonter,
remonter,
montableDerivations in other languages
English
mount, Romanian
monta, Spanish
montarCognates
Catalan
muntar, Dutch
monteren, English
mount, German
montieren, Italian
montare, Lithuanian
montuoti, Norwegian
montere, Polish
montować, Provençal
montar, Russian
мoнтировать, Swedish
monteraUsage
Word found in Old French, Obsolete French
