Where does “mentalidade” come from?

mentalidade (Portuguese) comes from Galician mental, from Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentalidade (Portuguese): mentality; mindset

Definitions

  1. mentality; mindset

Ancestry of “mentalidade”, step by step

mentalidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician mental

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmentalmental
2Latinmentālismental
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

via Portuguese mental

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesementalmental
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →