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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
4Latinmontānia—
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMonte—
9Old Portuguesemonte—
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →