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Where does “mental” come from?

mental (Galician) comes from Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mental (Galician): mental

Definitions

  1. mental

Ancestry of “mental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmentālis—
2Latinmēns—
3Proto-Italicmentis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mental”

  • mentalmente
Every word from Indo-European *men- →