Where does “mantal” come from?

mantal (Haitian Creole) comes from French mental, from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mantal (Haitian Creole): mental

Definitions

  1. mental

Ancestry of “mantal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmentalmental; mind
2Late Latinmentalisof the mind, mental
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →