Where does “mento” come from?

mento (Ido) comes from Esperanto menso, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mento (Ido): mind, mentality

Definitions

  1. mind, mentality

Ancestry of “mento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomensomind
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →