amonter

== Old French == === Alternative forms === amunter (Anglo-Norman) amounter (Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === From amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”). === Verb === amonter to ascend; to go up to amount to (a value) to amount to; to come to (a conclusion, an end, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: amounten, amuntenEnglish: amount === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “amonter”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. amunter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub