English
montuno
Montuno comes from Spanish montuno ‘highland, mountain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōns‘mountain, mount’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmonte‘mountain, mount’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmontuno‘highland, mountain’literally ‘from the mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*móntisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*montsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōns‘mountain, mount’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmonte‘mountain, mount’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmontuno‘highland, mountain’literally ‘from the mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
Earliest quotation: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road: “The piano montunos showered down on us from the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, mind, money, remain, museum, comment, mental, mouth, auto, min, permanent, mention, mountain, monster, monitor, maya, demonstration, monetary, mentor, mint, amnesty, muse, dementia, menace, ming, prominence, mas, mandarin, imminent, mania, muster, monk, mosaic, eminent, monument, amnesia, manic, monastery, mantra, eminence, 120 more
through Proto-Italic *monts
through Latin mōns ‘mountain, mount’
amount, mount, mons, montero, montane, 10 more
through Spanish monte ‘mountain, mount’
Today it means
noun The counterpoint in Cuban salsa music.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / montuno