Etymology

Montclair

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Today it means: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Full definition →

French mont
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frommont“mountain”
  2. English todayMontclair

From French mont (“mountain”) + clair (“clear”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchmont all →

mont-mont

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.