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Where does “mentalistic” come from?

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

mentalistic (English): Of or pertaining to mentalism

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to mentalism

Ancestry of “mentalistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmentalistOf or relating to mentalism; A practitioner of...
2EnglishmentalOf or relating to the mind or an intellectual...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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