Where does “montagnard” come from?

montagnard (French) comes from French montagne, from Middle French montaigne, from Old French montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.

montagnard (French): mountain-dwelling; mountain; mountain-dweller

Definitions

  1. mountain-dwelling; mountain; mountain-dweller

Ancestry of “montagnard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmontagnemountain
2Middle Frenchmontaignemountain
3Old Frenchmontaignemountain
4Latinmontāniamountainous area
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti
8PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
9Old Portuguesemonte

Words derived from “montagnard

Every word from Old Portuguese monteEvery word from Latin montemEvery word from Latin mons