-ment
Middle English
/mɛnt/
suffix
Definitions
- Forms nouns denoting a result or action from verbal roots; -ment.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -ment derived from Latin -mentum (denoting the instrument result of an action).
Origin
Latin
-mentum
Gloss
denoting the instrument result of an action
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ment English
- -amentum Latin
- -menta Latin
- -mentum Latin
- annullare Latin
- cognomentum Latin
- mente 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 Middle French
- -ment Occitan
- -mientu Asturian
- -mentu Sardinian