Where does “ment” come from?

ment (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-.

ment (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “ment”, 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-—

Words derived from “ment”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →
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