Where does “minton” come from?

minton (Picard) comes from Old French menton, from Vulgar Latin mento, from Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

minton (Picard): chin

Definitions

  1. chin

Ancestry of “minton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmentonchin; chinguard
2Vulgar Latinmentodative singular of mentum; ablative singular of...
3Latinmentumchin; beard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Latin mentum →Every word from Vulgar Latin mento →