Where does “vera” come from?

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

vera (Italian): wedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...

Definitions

  1. wedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...

Ancestry of “vera”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vera

Every word from Indo-European *men-
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