Where does “mentalization” come from?
Mentalization comes from English mental plus the English suffix -ize, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning "to think" combined with Latin -atio and -tio suffixes.
mentalization (English): The ability to understand mental states that...
Definitions
- The ability to understand mental states that...
Ancestry of “mentalization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mental | Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual... |
| 2 | English | -ál | — |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “mentalization”