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 […]
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v.
Synonyms
- monte m
Descendants
- Spanish: montaña
- English: Montana