Etymology

Clermont

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Today it means: A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. Full definition →

French Clermont ← Latin clarus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromclarus“clear, famed”
  2. French · borrowed fromClermont
  3. English todayClermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

Words from the same roots

Latinclarus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.