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Dipsik Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Mount - mountain

Hello,

is the noun 'mountain' gramatically derived from 'to mount'? (In my opinion it is but I like to be sure.)

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Fr. L. *montanea "mountain, mountain region," lit.

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  • Fr.
  • L.
  • *montanea "mountain, mountain region," lit.
  • fem.
  • of *montaneus "of a mountain, mountainous," from L.
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MOUNTAIN-- c.1200, from O.Fr. montaigne, from V.L. *montanea "mountain, mountain region," lit. fem. of *montaneus "of a mountain, mountainous," from L. montanus "mountainous," from mons (gen. montis) "mountain.

MOUNT (N)-- "hill, mountain," c.1250, from Anglo-Fr. mount, from O.Fr. mont "mountain;" also partly from O.E. munt "mountain;" both the O.E. and the O.Fr. from L. montem (nom. m
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