Portuguese mentira

← Proto-Indo-European *méntis (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (suffix)

← Proto-Indo-European *tis (suffix)

← Latin mentiri (mention)

← Latin mentior (mention)

← Latin mens (mention)

← Old Portuguese mentira (inherited)

← Old Portuguese mentir (mention)

→ Kabuverdianu mintira (inherited)

→ Papiamentu mentira (derived)

→ Portuguese mentira tem perna curta (mention)