Where does “mentre” come from?
mentre (Catalan) comes from Latin dum interim, from Latin interim, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
mentre (Catalan): while; as long as
Ancestry of “mentre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dum interim | — |
| 2 | Latin | interim | meanwhile, in the meantime |
| 3 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |