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Where does “mentoplasty” come from?

mentoplasty (English) comes from English mento, from Italian mento, from Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

mentoplasty (English): Plastic surgery of the chin to alter its size or...

Definitions

  1. Plastic surgery of the chin to alter its size or...

Ancestry of “mentoplasty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentoa folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic...
2Italianmentochin, mentum; first-person singular present...
3Latinmentumchin; beard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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