Where does “mente” come from?

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

mente (Latin): ablative singular of mēns

Definitions

  1. ablative singular of mēns

Ancestry of “mente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsmind
2Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-

Words derived from “mente

Every word from Indo-European *men-