Where does “menzogna” come from?
menzogna (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
menzogna (Italian): lie, falsehood, fib
Ancestry of “menzogna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 2 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 3 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 4 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 5 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 8 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
Words derived from “menzogna”