Where does “paternamente” come from?

paternamente (Italian) comes from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

paternamente (Italian): paternally, fatherly

Definitions

  1. paternally, fatherly

Ancestry of “paternamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →