Where does “mentastics” come from?
mentastics (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 — kohl, antimony paste.
mentastics (English): A set of movements to be performed with conscious...
Definitions
- A set of movements to be performed with conscious...
Ancestry of “mentastics”, step by step
mentastics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mental | Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 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 | kohl, antimony paste |
via English gymnastics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gymnastics | A sport involving the performance of sequences of... |
| 2 | English | gymnastic | Pertaining to gymnastics; Pertaining to the... |
| 3 | Latin | gymnasticus | gymnastic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γυμναστικός | fond of and/or skilled in athletic exercises |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γυμναστής | trainer of professional athletes; athlete,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |