Proto-Indo-European

*méntis

‘thought’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, most familiar first.

• mind ← minde ← mynd ← *mundi ← *mundiz
• mental ← mentālis ← mēns ← *mentis
• dementia ← mēns ← *mentis
• mantis ← μάντις ← *mə́tis
• dement ← dementare ← dēmēns ← mēns ← *mentis
• demency ← dēmentia ← dēmens ← mēns ← *mentis
• mentalité ← mental ← mentālis ← mēns ← *mentis
• menticide ← mēns ← *mentis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méntis