Montane
/ˈmɒn.teɪn/noun
Relating to or inhabiting mountainous regions, especially the zone below the treeline.
Did you know?Montane ultimately traces to Latin mons, “mountain,” while the wider Indo-European root has been connected by scholars to the idea of something projecting or standing out.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“To project, stand out, or rise; a proposed ancestral root connected with the Latin mountain and prominence word-family.”
Classical Latin
Latin
mons, montis
“Mountain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
montanus
“Of or belonging to a mountain.”
Medieval Latin
Latin
montanea
“Mountainous land or a mountain region.”
18th Century
English
montane
“Of, relating to, or found in mountainous regions.”
Modern English
English
montane
“Associated with mountain habitats or the mountain ecological zone.”