Where does “-menti” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-menti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-menti”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →