Where does “mintos” come from?
mintos (Romanian) comes from Romanian minte, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
mintos (Romanian): clever, wise; reasonable
Ancestry of “mintos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | minte | mind; brain; sense, judgement, wisdom |
| 2 | Latin | mēns | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 5 | Indo-European | *men- | — |