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