Where does “montagna” come from?

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

montagna (Italian): mountain; blizzard

Definitions

  1. mountain; blizzard

Ancestry of “montagna”, step by step

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

Words derived from “montagna”

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