Where does “sorprendentemente” come from?
sorprendentemente (Asturian) comes from Asturian mente, from Latin mentem, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
sorprendentemente (Asturian): surprisingly
Ancestry of “sorprendentemente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Asturian | mente | mind |
| 2 | Latin | mentem | accusative singular of mēns |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 4 | Indo-European | *men- | — |