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ment- — Mind

ment- means mind. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: mental.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Mind

• Latin: mēns

Examples and word parts

mental

A mental task uses thought, such as solving a puzzle.

Word parts: ment- (mind), from the stem of mēns, mentis, + -al (relating to).

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Related thought & mind terms

• psych/o — Mind

  psychology

• cogn- — Knowing or recognizing

  cognition

• noet- — Intellectual understanding

  noetic

• ide/o — Idea or form

  ideology

• log/o — Word or reason

  logic

• ration- — Reason or reckoning

  rational

• intellect- — Understanding

  intellect

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