MOUNTAIN (0. Fr.

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• MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)

montaigne; popular

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• LAT

Lat. montanea, an adjectival

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form from the classical

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• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

mons, montis, whence Eng. "

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• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt

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• EVEREST, MOUNT
• EVEREST, SIR GEORGE (1790—1866)

Everest)  , a natural elevation of the earth's surface . The term properly connotes height superior to that of a hill (0 . Eng. hyll, cognate with Lat. coils); but the distinction depends on the prominence of a given elevation in relation to its surroundings, and in some degree to the bold or gentle character of its outline . For the classification of mountains according to the various processes of their formation, see GEOGRAPHY, § Principles of Geography; and for further details GEOLOGY, § viii .