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Where does “mentalism” come from?

mentalism (English) comes from English mental, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

mentalism (English): The doctrine that physical reality exists only...

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that physical reality exists only...

Ancestry of “mentalism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmentalOf or relating to the mind or an intellectual...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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