-mientu
Asturian
suffix
Definitions
- ment, forming nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -mentum (denoting the instrument result of an action), -menta.
Origin
Latin
-menta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -menta Latin
- -mentum Latin
- annullare Latin
- cognomentum Latin
- mollīre, mollio Latin
- pensō Latin
- -mento Italian
- -miento Spanish, Castilian
- *-mn̥teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- -ment Old French
- macher Old French
- parlement Old French
- -mânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ment Occitan
- -mentu Sardinian
- -mentum LL