Where does “mēnsis” come from?

mēnsis (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mēnsis (Latin): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mēnsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmēnsis—
2Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mēnsis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Italic mēns →