montan
German (Berlin)
/monˈtaːn/
adj
Definitions
- pertaining to mining or to metallurgy
- mountainous (botanical habitat)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin montānus (of the mountains, of a mountain, a mountain).
Origin
Latin
montānus
Gloss
of the mountains, of a mountain, a mountain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- montane English
- *montānea Latin
- montaniosus Latin
- montāna Latin
- montānea, *montānia, *montania Latin
- montāniōsus Latin
- montānus Latin
- transmontanus Latin
- ultramontan German
- montano Italian
- montano Spanish, Castilian
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *monti Proto-Indo-European
- montano Portuguese