Where does “mensonge” come from?
mensonge (French) comes from Middle French mensonge, from Old French mençonge, from Vulgar Latin mentionica, from Latin mentiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
mensonge (French): a lie or falsehood
Definitions
- a lie or falsehood
Ancestry of “mensonge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | mensonge | a lie or falsehood |
| 2 | Old French | mençonge | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mentionica | — |
| 4 | Latin | mentiō | mention, a calling to mind |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |