The story
- New Latin · learned borrowing frommentālis
- English todaymentalis
Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mentalis
Today it means: A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip. Full definition →
New Latin mentālis