Where does “-ménte” come from?

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

-ménte (Ligurian): wise, -ly, -ally

Definitions

  1. wise, -ly, -ally

Ancestry of “-ménte”, step by step

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