montaniosus

Latin

Etymology

From montānia +‎ -ōsus. Attested some time before the sixth century CE.[1]

Adjective

montāniōsus (feminine montāniōsa, neuter montāniōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

mountainous

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: montagnoso
- Sicilian: muntagnusu
North Italian:
- Friulian: montagnôs
- Piedmontese: montagnos
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: muntanyós
- Franco-Provençal: montagnox
- Old French: montaingneus
  - French: montagneux
  - → English: mountainous
- Occitan: montanhós
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: montañosu
- Galician: montañoso
- Portuguese: montanhoso
- Spanish: montañoso

References

Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/monˈt-ani-a/ s.f.”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Further reading

“montaniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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