mentir
French
verb
Definitions
- to lie say something untrue
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French mentir inherited from Old French mentir inherited from Latin *mentiō, mentīrī.
Origin
Latin
mentīrī
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *mentiō Latin
- *mentīre Latin
- mentīrī Latin
- dementieren German
- mentire Italian
- mentitore Italian
- smentire Italian
- démentir French
- menteur French
- desmentir Spanish, Castilian
- mentir Spanish, Castilian
- mentiroso Spanish, Castilian
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- menteor Old French
- mentir Old French
- minți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mentiar Ido
- menteur Middle French
- mentir Middle French
- mentir Old Spanish
- manter Mauritian Creole
- manter Seychellois Creole