Where does “muntaner” come from?

muntaner (Catalan) comes from Catalan muntà, from Latin Montānus, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

muntaner (Catalan): a ranger or warden who protected mountainous and scrubby areas

Definitions

  1. a ranger or warden who protected mountainous and scrubby areas

Ancestry of “muntaner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmuntàmounting the act of one animal mounting another for copulation
2LatinMontānusof or pertaining to a mountain, especially
3Latinmōnsmountain, mount
4Proto-Italic*monts—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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