montaniosus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mon.taː.niˈoː.sus/, [mɔn̪t̪äːniˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mon.ta.niˈo.sus/, [mon̪t̪äniˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

1. 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

Further reading

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