Mento
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Mento (plural Mentos)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mento is the 36585th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Mento is most common among White (87.4%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mento”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Mento m or f by sense
- a surname
Latin
Etymology
From mento (“person with a large chin”), from mentum (“chin”) + -o (suffix forming nicknames and related nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪ɔ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪o]
Proper noun
Mentō m (genitive Mentōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Mentō | Mentōnēs |
Genitive | Mentōnis | Mentōnum |
Dative | Mentōnī | Mentōnibus |
Accusative | Mentōnem | Mentōnēs |
Ablative | Mentōne | Mentōnibus |
Vocative | Mentō | Mentōnēs |
References
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Latin terms suffixed with -o (noun)
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