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mentula

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English · Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentula .

Latin · Etymology

Most linguists derive it from Proto-Indo-European * men- ( “ to protrude, to project, to stick out ” ) , making it cognate with emineō ( “ to project ” ) and mōns ( “ mountain ” ) . Possibly from Italic-Celtic *mn̥tolā , if cognate to Irish méadal ( “ paunch, fat belly ” ) , where "the original meaning of the Irish and Latin words seems to have been 'projecting part of the body'".

The form is equivalent to menta ( “ mint stalk ” ) + ‎ -ula ( diminutive suffix ) and Cicero uses " mentam pusillam " to obliquely refer to this word when discussing the topic of obscenity. It has been suggested this is its etymology, but Adams 1990 regards this as unlikely.

Chantraine mentions that, a century ago, Spitzer and Friedländer considered a connection to mens f ( “ mind ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European * men- ( “ to think ” ) .

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