The story
- Old French · derived fromMont-“Mount”
- Medieval Latin · derived frommonastēriolum
- French · borrowed fromMontreuil
- English todayMontreuil
From French Montreuil, from Medieval Latin monastēriolum under influence from Old French Mont- (“Mount”), from monastērium (“monastery”) + -olum (“-ole: forming diminutives”), q.v. Doublet of Montreux and Monthureux.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinmonastēriolum all →
Montreux
Old FrenchMont- all →
Montreux
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.