Where does “mente captus” come from?

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

mente captus (Latin): insane, mad

Definitions

  1. insane, mad

Ancestry of “mente captus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mente captus”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →