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Where does “muntos” come from?

muntos (Aromanian) comes from Latin montuosus, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

muntos (Aromanian): mountainous

Definitions

  1. mountainous

Ancestry of “muntos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmontuosusmountainous, full of mountains
2Latinmōns—
3Proto-Italic*monts—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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