mentior

Senso (Inglese)

(conjugation-4, deponent, with-dative) to lie, cheat, deceive
(conjugation-4, deponent) to pretend, feign

fingere

ingannare

كَذَبَ

fènyer

decebre

sich verstellen

خَدَعَ

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈmɛn.ti.ɔr]

From Proto-Italic *mentjōr, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”). Further from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men-. The meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up". Compare comminīscor, commentum also from this root and again with these meanings. Further compare cognate Russian мни́мый (mnímyj), сомни́тельный (somnítelʹnyj). Also compare typologically Russian вы́мысел (výmysel) (akin to мысль (myslʹ)).