Where does “mentecatto” come from?
mentecatto (Italian) comes from Latin mente captus, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
mentecatto (Italian): half-witted; imbecilic; half-wit
Definitions
- half-witted; imbecilic; half-wit
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