Where does “montagne” come from?

montagne (Friulian) comes from Italian montagna, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

montagne (Friulian): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “montagne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “montagne”

Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →