Where does “dezminți” come from?

dezminți (Romanian) comes from Romanian minți, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

dezminți (Romanian): to deny, disavow, refute; to contest; to...

Definitions

  1. to deny, disavow, refute; to contest; to...

Ancestry of “dezminți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmințito lie
2LatinmentiorI lie, deceive; I pretend, feign
3Latinmensmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “dezminți”

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