mensonge
French
noun
Definitions
- a lie or falsehood
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French mensonge inherited from Old French mençonge inherited from Latin *mentionica, mentio, mentiō, mentiōnem, mentītus.
Origin
Latin
mentītus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *mentionia Latin
- *mentionica Latin
- *mentiōnica Latin
- mentio Latin
- mentio, mentiō, mentiōnem Latin
- mentītus Latin
- menzogna Italian
- mensonger French
- mensongèrement French
- mençonge Old French
- mensogo Esperanto
- mincinos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- minciună Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mensonge Middle French
- minciunos Aromanian
- minciunã Aromanian