Where does “mentira” come from?
mentira (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis.
Ancestry of “mentira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mentīrī | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 3 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 4 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 5 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 6 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 9 | Indo-European | *men- | — |