Where does “mentevoir” come from?

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

mentevoir (Old French): to mention; to speak of

Definitions

  1. to mention; to speak of

Ancestry of “mentevoir”, step by step

mentevoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mente

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

via Latin habēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “mentevoir”

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