Where does “menteur” come from?

menteur (Middle French) comes from Old French menteor, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

menteur (Middle French): liar

Definitions

  1. liar

Ancestry of “menteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmenteorliar; lying
2Old Frenchmentirto lie
3LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
4Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “menteur”

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