Where does “mēns” come from?

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

mēns (Latin): mind

Definitions

  1. mind

Ancestry of “mēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
3Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mēns”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →
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