Where does “mentir” come from?
mentir (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish mentir, from Latin mentīrī, from Vulgar Latin mentionia, from Latin mentio, from Latin mentiri, from Latin mentior, from Latin mens, from Proto-Italic mentis.
mentir (Spanish): to lie
Definitions
- to lie
Ancestry of “mentir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | mentir | to lie |
| 2 | Latin | mentīrī | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mentionia | — |
| 4 | Latin | mentio | mention, a calling to mind |
| 5 | Latin | mentiri | present active infinitive of mentior |
| 6 | Latin | mentior | I lie, deceive; I pretend, feign |
| 7 | Latin | mens | mind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 10 | Indo-European | *men- | — |