Why is every monomial order a well-ordering?

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Let $R$ be a commutative, unital ring. According to wikipedia, a monomial order is a total order $\leq$ on the space of monomials of a given polynomial ring of $R$ such that

  1. If $u\leq v$ and $w$ is some monomial, then $uw\leq vw$;

  2. $1\leq u$ for all $u$.

It is stated that monomial orders are well-orderings. This is not clear at all to me. I googled it but I couldn't find anything proving this. However, there are several places (lecture notes, mostly) where a monomial order is defined as a well-ordering in monomials respecting multiplication.

I am looking for a proof, or at least a reference for this fact?