Where does “mentale” come from?

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

mentale (Italian): mental; mental, genial; mentalis, mentalis muscle

Definitions

  1. mental; mental, genial; mentalis, mentalis muscle

Ancestry of “mentale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmentalisof the mind, mental
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mentale”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →