Where does “poverovati” come from?

poverovati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian verovati, from Serbo-Croatian vȅra, from Italian vera, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis.

poverovati (Serbo-Croatian): to believe

Definitions

  1. to believe

Ancestry of “poverovati”, step by step

poverovati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian verovati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianverovatito believe + u; to trust; to hold
2Serbo-Croatianvȅrafaith
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 po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpohalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Serbo-Croatianpolpole; sex; gender
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →