Where does “mentovare” come from?

mentovare (Italian) comes from Old French mentevoir, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentovare (Italian): To mention

Definitions

  1. To mention

Ancestry of “mentovare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmentevoirto mention; to speak of
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mentovare”

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