Where does “-main” come from?

-main (Romansch) comes from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

-main (Romansch): Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly,...

Definitions

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly,...

Ancestry of “-main”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-

Words derived from “-main

Every word from Indo-European *men-
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