Where does “mentitamente” come from?

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

mentitamente (Italian): deceivingly

Definitions

  1. deceivingly

Ancestry of “mentitamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmentitopast participle of mentire; false; fake, sham,...
2Italianmentireto lie
3LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
4Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →