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Where does “montagneux” come from?

montagneux (French) comes from Old French montaingneus, from Latin montāniōsus, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

montagneux (French): mountainous

Definitions

  1. mountainous

Ancestry of “montagneux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmontaingneus—
2Latinmontāniōsus—
3Latinmontānia—
4Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
5Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
7PortugueseMonte—
8Old Portuguesemonte—
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →