Where does “поверовати” come from?

поверовати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian веровати, 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.

поверовати (Serbo-Croatian): to believe

Definitions

  1. to believe

Ancestry of “поверовати”, step by step

поверовати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian веровати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianвероватиto believe + у; to trust; to hold
2Serbo-Croatianве̏раfaith
3Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
4Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
5Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
6Latinmēnsmind
7Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
8Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
9Indo-European*men-—

via Serbo-Croatian по

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпоhalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →