Where does “menti” come from?

menti (Italian) comes from Italian mentire, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

menti (Italian): plural of mente; inflection of mentire: ##...

Definitions

  1. plural of mente; inflection of mentire: ##...

Ancestry of “menti”, step by step

menti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mentire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmentireto lie
2LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
3Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

via Italian mente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmentemind; plural of menta; third-person singular...
2Latinmēnsmind
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →
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