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Where does “веровати” come from?

веровати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ве̏ра, from Italian vera, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

веровати (Serbo-Croatian): to believe + у; to trust; to hold

Definitions

  1. to believe + у; to trust; to hold

Ancestry of “веровати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianве̏раfaith
2Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
3Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
4Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
5Latinmēns—
6Proto-Italicmentis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
8Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “веровати”

  • поверовати
Every word from Indo-European *men- →