Where does “-mente” come from?
-mente (Interlingua) comes from Spanish -mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
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Ancestry of “-mente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | -mente | -wise, -ly, in a specified way |
| 2 | Latin | mēns | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 5 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
Words derived from “-mente”