Where does “mentir” come from?

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

mentir (Old Occitan): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “mentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
2Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →
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