Where does “mountainy” come from?
mountainy (English) comes from English Mountain, from Middle English mountayne, from Anglo-Norman montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.
mountainy (English): Mountainous
Definitions
- Mountainous
Ancestry of “mountainy”, step by step
mountainy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mountain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mountain | a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement |
| 2 | Middle English | mountayne | A mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | montaigne | — |
| 4 | Latin | montānia | mountainous area |
| 5 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 6 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 8 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |