Where does “amentans” come from?

amentans (Latin) comes from Latin amento, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

Definitions

Ancestry of “amentans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinamentoI furnish with a strap or thong; I hurl, dart or...
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin amento →