英文词源
- mental
- mental: see mind
- mental (adj.)
- early 15c., "pertaining to the mind," from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentalis "of the mind," from Latin mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (cognates: Sanskrit matih "thought, mind," Gothic gamunds, Old English gemynd "memory, remembrance;" see mind (n.)). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927, probably from combinations such as mental hospital.
中文词源
来自拉丁语mens,思想，思考，词源同man,mind.引申词义思考的，心理的，智力的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mental 词源，mental 含义。
来源于拉丁语名词mens, mentis, f(记忆力)。
词根词缀： -ment-记忆,智力 + -al形容词词尾
