Where does “mentir” come from?

mentir (French) comes 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-.

mentir (French): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “mentir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mentir”

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