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dement (v.)
1540s, "to drive mad," probably from Middle French
démenter
, from Late Latin
dementare
"to drive out of one's mind," from phrase
de mente
(a less technical term than
insanitas
), from
de
+
mente
, ablative of
mens
mind" (see
mind
(n.)).
