Etymology

piedmont

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Today it means: Any region of foothills of a mountain range. Full definition →

Italian piemonte
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piedmont · noun, adjective1

  1. Italian · derived frompiemonte“foot of a mountain”
  2. English todaypiedmont

From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.

Piedmont · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromad
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromPedemontium
  3. Italian · derived fromPiemonte“mountain foot”
  4. English todayPiedmont

Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.

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