Where does “mințitor” come from?
mințitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian minți, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
mințitor (Romanian): lying, deceptive
Ancestry of “mințitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | minți | to lie |
| 2 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 3 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 6 | Indo-European | *men- | — |