Where does “mentecato” come from?

mentecato (Spanish) comes from Latin mente captus, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mentecato (Spanish): crazy, insane, mad; half-witted, foolish

Definitions

  1. crazy, insane, mad; half-witted, foolish

Ancestry of “mentecato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmente captusinsane, mad
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
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 →