Where does “feliçment” come from?

feliçment (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-.

feliçment (Catalan): happily; fortunately

Definitions

  1. happily; fortunately

Ancestry of “feliçment”, step by step

feliçment 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 feliç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfeliçhappy
2LatinFēlīx—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →