montanna

Old Spanish

Etymology

From non-standard Late Latin montania (“mountain”), a substantivization of the feminine of montanius (“mountainous”), itself a 'vulgar' alteration of Classical Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-. Compare Old French montaigne and Old Portuguese montanna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mõnˈta.ɲa]

Noun

montanna f (plural montannas)

mountain
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v.
  Loth ouo miedo de ſeer é ſegor eſubio alas mótánas có ſus. ij. fijas. eſtido en una cueua con ſus. ij. fijas. […]
  Lot was afraid of staying in Zoar and [so] he went up to the mountains with his two daughters […]

Synonyms

monte m

Descendants

Spanish: montaña
- English: Montana

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