Mount
/maʊnt/noun
To climb or get onto something, or to rise up or increase.
Did you know?English mount comes through Old French from Latin mons, montis, meaning “mountain,” and that same root also gave us words like monumental and promote—language literally built around rising higher.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to project or stick out; to rise”
Latin
Latin
mons, montis
“mountain, hill”
Old French
Old French
monter
“to climb, rise, ascend”
Middle English
English
mounten
“to climb up; to get on horseback”
Modern English
English
mount
“to climb, rise, or place on a support”