Where does “mentalitat” come from?

mentalitat (Catalan) comes from Catalan mental, from Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentalitat (Catalan): mentality, mindset

Definitions

  1. mentality, mindset

Ancestry of “mentalitat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmentalmental
2Latinmentālismental
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →