Where does “mintoșie” come from?

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

mintoșie (Romanian): wisdom

Definitions

  1. wisdom

Ancestry of “mintoșie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmintosclever, wise; reasonable
2Romanianmintemind; brain; sense, judgement, wisdom
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →