Where does “muntos” come from?
muntos (Romanian) comes from Latin montuosus, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
muntos (Romanian): mountainous
Ancestry of “muntos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | montuosus | mountainous, full of mountains |
| 2 | Latin | mōns | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *monts | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |