Where does “totalmente” come from?

totalmente (Romanian) comes from Italian totalmente, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

totalmente (Romanian): totally

Definitions

  1. totally

Ancestry of “totalmente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantotalmentetotally, completely
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēnsmind
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →