Where does “-mente” come from?

-mente (Italian) comes from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

-mente (Italian): -wise, -ly, -ally

Definitions

  1. -wise, -ly, -ally

Ancestry of “-mente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “-mente”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →