Where does “incidentemente” come from?

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

incidentemente (Portuguese): incidentally

Definitions

  1. incidentally

Ancestry of “incidentemente”, step by step

incidentemente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese mente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesementemind
2Old Portuguesemente—
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

via Portuguese incidente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseincidenteincidental; incident
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →