English
mentalité
Mentalité comes from French mentalité ‘mentality’, from mental ‘mind’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méntis‘thought’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mentis‘mind, thought’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēns‘the mind, heart’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmentālis‘of the mind, mental’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmental‘mind’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmentalité‘mentality’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méntis‘thought’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mentis‘mind, thought’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēns‘the mind, heart’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmentālis‘of the mind, mental’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmental‘mind’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmentalité‘mentality’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
Earliest quotation: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: “Yet changing a traditional economic mentalité was an uphill…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
money, music, amount, mouth, remain, museum, monster, auto, min, mountain, comment, permanent, mount, mention, monitor, demonstration, monetary, monk, maya, mint, monastery, amnesty, muse, mosaic, summon, ming, mas, mandarin, mindful, monte, mania, monument, muster, monstrous, prominence, mentor, imminent, amnesia, manic, mantra, 124 more
through Proto-Indo-European *méntis ‘thought’
through Latin mēns ‘the mind, heart’
Today it means
noun A person's feelings about the wider society and world they live in, and their place within it; a worldview, outlook.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / mentalité