Old French montaigne

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (derived)

← Latin montānus (inherited)

← Latin mōns (mention)

→ English mountain (derived)

→ English Montagnard (derived)

→ French montagne (inherited)

→ French Montaigne (derived)

→ French Montagnard (inherited)

→ Middle French montaigne (inherited)

→ Old French mont (mention)

→ Norman maontogne (mention)

→ Norman mountangne (mention)

→ Norman montangne (mention)

→ Old Spanish montanna (cognate)

→ Walloon montinne (inherited)