Where does “mens” come from?
mens (French) comes from French mentir, from Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
mens (French): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “mens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mentir | to lie |
| 2 | Middle French | mentir | to lie |
| 3 | Old French | mentir | to lie |
| 4 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 5 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 8 | Indo-European | *men- | — |