Where does “mentito” come from?

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

mentito (Italian): past participle of mentire; false; fake, sham,...

Definitions

  1. past participle of mentire; false; fake, sham,...

Ancestry of “mentito”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mentito”

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