Where does “mentiar” come from?
mentiar (Ido) comes from Spanish mentir, from Old Spanish mentir, from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens.
mentiar (Ido): to lie, to tell untruths deliberately
Definitions
- to lie, to tell untruths deliberately
Ancestry of “mentiar”, step by step
mentiar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish mentir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mentir | to lie |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mentir | to lie |
| 3 | Latin | mentīrī | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 6 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 7 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 8 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 11 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
via French mentir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mentir | to lie |
| 2 | Middle French | mentir | to lie |
| 3 | Old French | mentir | to lie |
via Italian mentire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mentire | to lie |