mons

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • mountain, mount
  • (metonymically) towering mass, heap, great quantity
  • (metonymically) mountain rock, rock in general poetically
  • (metonymically) mountain beasts, wild beasts Late Latin, poetically
  • (metonymically) of that which is obtained from the mountains marble, marble column

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*men-

Gloss

think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small

Concept
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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

楼, 塔

Emoji
💭 🤔

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