Where does “verina” come from?

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

verina (Italian): A hooked cable used to grapple the anchor chain

Definitions

  1. A hooked cable used to grapple the anchor chain

Ancestry of “verina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēnsmind
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →
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