Etymology

muntin

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Today it means: One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window. Full definition →

Middle English mountaunt ← Old French montant
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  1. Old French · derived frommontant
  2. Middle English · derived frommountaunt
  3. English todaymuntin

From Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchmontant all →

montant

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.