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Where does “mentioza” come from?

mentioza (Ido) comes from Ido mentio, from Ido mentiar, from Spanish mentir, from Old Spanish mentir, from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri.

mentioza (Ido): mendacious

Definitions

  1. mendacious

Ancestry of “mentioza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idomentiolie
2Idomentiarto lie, to tell untruths deliberately
3Spanishmentirto lie
4Old Spanishmentirto lie
5Latinmentīrī—
6Vulgar Latinmentionia—
7Latinmentiomention, a calling to mind
8Latinmentiripresent active infinitive of mentior
9LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
10Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
11Proto-Italicmentis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
13Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →