Where does “mentir” come from?

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

mentir (Middle French): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “mentir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mentir”

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