-ment
French
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form adverbs (from the feminine form of an adjective), most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French -ment inherited from Old French -ment inherited from Latin mente.
Origin
Latin
mente
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mans English
- -amentum Latin
- -mentum Latin
- mente Latin
- mēns Latin
- -mente Italian
- bourgeonnement French
- bourgeonner French
- forcé French
- forcément French
- -mente Spanish, Castilian
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- -mente Portuguese
- -ment Middle English
- -ment Old French
- -ment Catalan, Valencian
- -ment Norman
- -ment Middle French
- mentàver Occitan
- -main Romansh
- -ménte Ligurian
- -man Haitian, Haitian Creole
- -mënter Ladin
- -mente Interlingua
- -mènde Tarantino