Where does “menteur” come from?
menteur (French) comes from Middle French menteur, from Old French menteor, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
menteur (French): liar; bluffer
Definitions
- liar; bluffer
Ancestry of “menteur”, step by step
menteur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French menteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | menteur | liar |
| 2 | Old French | menteor | liar; lying |
| 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 | mind, thought |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 8 | Indo-European | *men- | — |