Where does “mentior” come from?

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

mentior (Latin): I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign

Definitions

  1. I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign

Ancestry of “mentior”, step by step

mentior traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
2Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-—

via Proto-Italic mentjōr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmentjōr—

Words derived from “mentior”

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