montaniosus
Latin
Etymology
From montānia + -ōsus. Attested some time before the sixth century CE.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔn.taː.niˈoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mon̪.t̪a.niˈɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
montāniōsus (feminine montāniōsa, neuter montāniōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)
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