montage

Where does the word "montage" come from? It comes from French monter, passing through French before entering English (1900s).

Montage’s story begins in French: monter meant “to mount, assemble.” Meaning "to mount" or "assemble". Within French, it grew into montage by 1800s-1900s. Applied to the assembling of photographic images, and in the 1900s to film editing. It reached English by 1900s as montage. Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein made montage central to film theory in the 1920s. Today, montage means a composite image or sequence made by combining several separate pieces.

1. Stage 1 · French · medieval monter "to mount, assemble", meaning "to mount" or "assemble".
2. Stage 2 · French · 1800s-1900s montage "the assembly of images", applied to the assembling of photographic images, and in the 1900s to film editing.
3. Stage 3 · English · 1900s montage "a composite of images or scenes edited together", Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein made montage central to film theory in the 1920s.