Where does “arbitràriament” come from?

arbitràriament (Catalan) comes from Catalan ment, from Old Catalan ment, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

arbitràriament (Catalan): arbitrarily

Definitions

  1. arbitrarily

Ancestry of “arbitràriament”, step by step

arbitràriament traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmentthe mind; the spirit
2Old Catalanment
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-

via Catalan arbitrari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanarbitrariarbitrary
2Latinarbitrariusarbitrating; arbitrary
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Indo-European *men-Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntisEvery word from Proto-Italic mentis