mount

mount · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frommōns“a hill, mountain”
2. Old English · inherited frommunt
3. Middle English · inherited frommount
4. English todaymount

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

mount · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
2. Proto-Indo-European*móntis
3. Proto-Italic*monts
4. Latinmōns
5. Vulgar Latin*montāre
6. Old Frenchmonter
7. Middle Englishmounten
8. English todaymount

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter. The noun derives from the verb.

Mount · proper noun³

English surname, from the noun mount.

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