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Where does “lenemente” come from?

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

lenemente (Italian): mildly, gently, softly; lightly

Definitions

  1. mildly, gently, softly; lightly

Ancestry of “lenemente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēns—
4Proto-Italicmentis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →