Where does “mentira” come from?
mentira (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mentira, from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis.
mentira (Portuguese): lie; I mean
Definitions
- lie; I mean
Ancestry of “mentira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | mentira | — |
| 2 | Latin | mentīrī | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 4 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 5 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 6 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 7 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 10 | Indo-European | *men- | — |