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...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “mens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmentirto lie
2Middle Frenchmentirto lie
3Old Frenchmentirto lie
4LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
5Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
6Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
8Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →