Etymology

dementing

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English dement ← Vulgar Latin dēmentō ← Latin dēmēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*méntis
  8. Proto-Italic*mentis
  9. Latinmēns
  10. Latindēmēns
  11. Vulgar Latindēmentō
  12. Englishdement
  13. English todaydementing

From dement + -ing.

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