Where does “Monticola” come from?
Monticola (Translingual) comes from Latin monticola, from Latin -cola, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Ancestry of “Monticola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | monticola | mountain dweller, mountaineer |
| 2 | Latin | -cola | inhabitor; tiller, cultivator; worshipper,... |
| 3 | Latin | colō | — |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |