-mont

suffix

Forming a placename or a surname derived therefrom and denoting or connoting a hill or mountain; sometimes (as in estate names) used more for euphony and connotation than for geomorphic denotation. Word formation in English using the suffix to name towns and family estates was most productive in the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries.

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Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming a placename or a surname derived therefrom and denoting or connoting a hill or mountain; sometimes (as in estate names) used more for euphony and connotation than for geomorphic denotation. Word formation in English using the suffix to name towns and family estates was most productive in the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries.

Origin

  1. Frenchmont“hill, mountain”
  2. French-mont
  3. English-mont

From French -mont, from French mont (“hill, mountain”).

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APA

-mont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-mont

MLA

“-mont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-mont. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-mont,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-mont.

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