LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

montāre

*montāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionclimb

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*móntis
  3. Proto-Italic*monts
  4. Latinmontāre

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *montāre From mont- (“mountain”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanmuntar
  • Occitanmontar
  • Franco-Provençalmontar
  • Old Frenchmonter
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianmontare
  • Venetanmontare
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshmuntar
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianmontâ
  • Piedmontesemonté

In English words that came into English from montāre

  • mount*montāre

Quick answers

What does montāre mean in Latin?
montāre, a verb, means “climb”.
Where does montāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *men- → Proto-Indo-European *móntis → Proto-Italic *monts → Latin montāre.