'Tramontane' is a word borrowed from Italian 'tramontana'. The word entered the English language some time around 1596.
tramontane [adjective] [1596]
- transalpine
- lying on or coming from the other side of a mountain range
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Etymology: Italian 'tramontano' from Latin 'transmontanus' from 'trans-' + 'mont-, mons' mountain
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