Where does “oltramontano” come from?
oltramontano (Italian) comes from Italian montano, from Latin Montānus, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
oltramontano (Italian): beyond the mountains
Ancestry of “oltramontano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | montano | mountain, mountainous; third-person plural... |
| 2 | Latin | Montānus | — |
| 3 | Latin | mōns | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *monts | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |