"one who or that which repairs or mends," late 14c., agent noun from mend (v.). Originally especially "one who corrects what is wrong, a moral guide."
mendable
mendacious
mendacity
mendelevium
Mendelism
mender
*mendh-
mendicancy
mendicant
mendicity
Mendoza line
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