Where does “mintira” come from?
mintira (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese mentira, from Old Portuguese mentira, from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens.
mintira (Kabuverdianu): lie
Definitions
- lie
Ancestry of “mintira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mentira | lie; I mean |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mentira | — |
| 3 | Latin | mentīrī | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 6 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 7 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 8 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 11 | Indo-European | *men- | — |