mentalyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[mental 词源字典]
mental: see mind
[mental etymology, mental origin, 英语词源]
mental (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.