Where does “mental” come from?

mental (Swedish) comes from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mental (Swedish): mental, pertaining to the mind

Definitions

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Ancestry of “mental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmentalisof the mind, mental
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mental”

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