Where does “mentaal” come from?

mentaal (Dutch) comes from Middle French mental, from Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentaal (Dutch): mental (relating to the mind)

Definitions

  1. mental (relating to the mind)

Ancestry of “mentaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmental—
2Latinmentālismental
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mentaal”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →