Where does “amentia” come from?

amentia (English) comes from Latin āmentia, from Latin āmēns, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

amentia (English): Mental impairment; state of being mentally...

Definitions

  1. Mental impairment; state of being mentally...

Ancestry of “amentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latināmentiamadness, insanity
2Latināmēnsfrenzied, mad
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “amentia”

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