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Where does “-miant” come from?

-miant (Dalmatian) comes from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

Ancestry of “-miant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
2Latinmēns—
3Proto-Italicmentis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “-miant”

  • malamiant
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