English Explanatory Dictionary

-mont

English dictionary entry

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.

Word forms

-mont

Etymology

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

Related words

mount Vermont with roots meaning green mountains

Derived words

Beaumont with roots meaning beautiful hill mountain Belmont Breezemont with roots meaning breezy hill Clairmont with roots meaning clear light-colored shining hill Craigmont with roots meaning Craig's hill Crestmont with roots meaning crest of the hill Edgemont with roots meaning edge of the hill Fairmont with roots meaning fair hill Fremont with roots meaning cold hill Glenmont with roots meaning glen[-adorned] hill Philmont with roots meaning Phillips' Philip's hill Rosemont with roots meaning rose[-adorned] hill
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