Where does “mintesc” come from?

mintesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian minte, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mintesc (Romanian): imaginary

Definitions

  1. imaginary

Ancestry of “mintesc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmintemind; brain; sense, judgement, wisdom
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →