Where does “mountain lioness” come from?

mountain lioness (English) comes from English mountain lion, from English mountain, from Middle English montaigne, from Old French muntaigne, from Vulgar Latin montania, from Latin montanius, from Latin montanus, from Latin mons.

mountain lioness (English): A female mountain lion

Definitions

  1. A female mountain lion

Ancestry of “mountain lioness”, step by step

mountain lioness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mountain lion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmountain lion"Puma concolor", a large wild cat native to the...
2EnglishmountainAn elevation of land of considerable dimensions...
3Middle EnglishmontaigneAlternative form of mountayne
4Old Frenchmuntaignemountain
5Vulgar Latinmontaniamountain
6Latinmontaniusmountainous
7Latinmontanusof or pertaining to a mountain, especially—
8Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
10PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
11Old Portuguesemonte

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Old Portuguese monte