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mons.

mountain, mount

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmõːs]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔns]
  1. mountain, mount

    declension-3
  2. hill

    declension-3
  3. towering mass, heap, great quantity

    declension-3 · metonymically
  4. mountain rock, rock (in general) (poetically)

    declension-3 · metonymically
  5. mountain beasts, wild beasts (Late Latin, poetically)

    declension-3 · metonymically
  6. (of that which is obtained from the mountains) marble, marble column

    declension-3 · metonymically
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns From Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *món-tis, from the root *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). Compare Proto-Celtic *moniyos.

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