Where does “mentalidad” come from?

mentalidad (Spanish) comes from Spanish mental, from Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentalidad (Spanish): mentality

Definitions

  1. mentality

Ancestry of “mentalidad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmentalmental
2Latinmentālismental
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Italic mentis →