From Latin 'mentio' (calling to mind), from 'mens' (mind) — mentioning is bringing something to mind through speech.
To refer to something briefly or incidentally; to speak of or cite without going into detail.
From Old French mencion (mention, memory), from Latin mentio (genitive mentionis, a calling to mind, a speaking of), from the root mens (mind), from PIE *men- (to think, to remember, to be mindful). The word sits precisely at the intersection of thinking and speaking: to mention is to call something into shared mental space through language. Latin mentio is related to commentus (invented, contrived), comminisci (to devise
The PIE root *men- (to think) is one of the most prolific roots in all of Indo-European. It produced Latin 'mens' (mind), 'mentio' (mention), 'memor' (mindful), and 'monēre' (to warn); Greek 'mania' and 'mnēmē' (memory, as in 'mnemonic'); Sanskrit 'manas' (mind) and 'mantra' (instrument of thought); and English 'mind' and 'mean' (to intend). The connection between 'mention' and 'mania' — both from *men- — shows how thinking