montagneux

French

adj

Definitions

mountainous

Etymology

Suffix from French montagne inherited from Old French montaingneus inherited from Latin montāniōsus, 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
mountainous English
*montānea Latin
montaniosus Latin
montāna Latin
montānea, *montānia, *montania Latin
montāniōsus Latin
montānus Latin
transmontanus Latin
montan German
montagnoso Italian
montano Italian
montagnard French
montagne French
montagnette French
montano Spanish, Castilian
montañoso Spanish, Castilian
*men- Proto-Indo-European
*mon- Proto-Indo-European
*monti Proto-Indo-European
montanhoso Portuguese
montano Portuguese
montaingneus Old French
muntanyós Catalan, Valencian
montañoso Galician
montaigne Middle French
montagnôs Friulian
montany Mauritian Creole
montany Seychellois Creole
montany Antillean Creole