Etymograph

English

Moncada

Moncada comes from Catalan Montcada, from Latin mōns ‘mountain’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōnsas monte‘mountain’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMontecatanus
  6. Catalanc. 1500–presentMontcada
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentMoncada
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to stand out, to tower’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōnsas monte‘mountain’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMontecatanus
  6. Catalanc. 1500–presentMontcada
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentMoncada
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’

music, mind, money, comment, mental, remain, museum, mouth, permanent, mountain, mention, auto, min, monster, monitor, mentor, mint, maya, demonstration, dementia, monetary, imminent, amnesty, muse, eminent, menace, ming, monument, mas, mantra, mania, muster, monk, prominence, mosaic, amnesia, mandarin, manic, monastery, remnant, 120 more

through Proto-Italic *monts

montero, surmount, montane, 9 more

through Latin mōns ‘mountain’

amount, mount, monte, mont, mons, 12 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / Moncada

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