The story
- Latin · derived frommons acutus
- Old French · derived frommont“mountain”
- English todayMontacute
Latinized from Montagu, from Old French mont (“mountain”) + aigu (“sharp”). Alternatively from Latin mons acutus.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchmont all →
MowbrayMontagu
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.