Where does “mensulo” come from?

mensulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto menso, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mensulo (Esperanto): a mind

Definitions

  1. a mind

Ancestry of “mensulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomensomind
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →