Where does “Munții Carpați” come from?

Munții Carpați (Romanian) comes from Romanian munte, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte, from Old Portuguese monte.

Munții Carpați (Romanian): the Carpathian Mountains

Definitions

  1. the Carpathian Mountains

Ancestry of “Munții Carpați”, step by step

Munții Carpați traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian munte

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

via Romanian Carpați

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCarpațiCarpathians
2LatinCarpi—
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →