French mensonge

← Middle French mensonge (inherited)

← Old French mençonge (inherited)

← Old French mençunge (mention)

← Old French mensoigne (mention)

← Latin *mentītiō (mention)

← Latin mentītus (inherited)

← Latin mentior (mention)

← Latin menzogna (mention)

← Occitan messorga (cognate)

← Occitan messonja (mention)

← Occitan mensònega (mention)

← Romansch manzögna (mention)

← Romanian minciună (mention)

→ Esperanto mensogo (derived)

→ French mensonger (affix)

→ Italian menzogna (cognate)

→ Romanian minciună (cognate)

→ Old Portuguese mensonha (cognate)

→ Aromanian minciunã (cognate)