mounten
Middle English
/ˈmuːntən/
verb
Definitions
- To go, travel or rise upwards; to begin ascension.
- To climb atop a mount; to bestride or begin to ride.
- (rare) To raise or elevate; to lift up or advocate
- (rare) To thrive; to grow or become greater in number.
- (rare) To amount to; to be of a certain value.
Etymology
Borrowed from mounter derived from Latin *montō affix from Middle English mount.
Origin
Middle English
mount
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amount English
- mount English
- mounture English
- *montō Latin
- mons Latin
- monter French
- munt Old English
- amounten Middle English
- mount Middle English
- mountant Middle English
- mountuous Middle English
- mounture Middle English
- amonter Old French
- montant Old French
- mounteure Old French
- monter Middle French
- mounter xno