Etymology

montant

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Today it means: An upward cut with a blade. Full definition →

Italian montante
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montant · noun1

  1. Italian · derived frommontante
  2. English todaymontant

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

montant · noun2

  1. Old French · derived frommontant
  2. Middle English · inherited frommountant
  3. English todaymontant

From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.

montant · adjective3

  1. Old French · derived frommontant
  2. English todaymontant

From Old French montant.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchmontant all →

muntin

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