köken: Inherited from Old French montaingneus, from Late Latin montāniōsus, an adjective based on montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”). By surface analysis, montagne + -eux.
köken: Inherited from Late Latin montāniōsus, an adjective based on montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”). By surface analysis, montaña + -oso. Cognate with English mountainous.
hilly (which resembles or is in some way similar to a hill) · hilly (of a region, containing many hills)
köken: From Ancient Greek λοφώδης (lophṓdēs), from λόφος (lóphos, “crest, hill, ridge”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to λόφος (lófos) + -ώδης (-ódis).
mountainous, hilly (having many mountains or hills)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *gorà Old Polish góra Polish góra Polish -isty Polish -ysty Polish górzysty From góra + -ysty.