-ment
Middle French
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.
- Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French -ment inherited from Latin mente inherited from Old French -ment inherited 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
- -amentum Latin
- -menta Latin
- -mentum Latin
- annullare Latin
- cognomentum Latin
- mente Latin
- mollīre, mollio Latin
- pensō Latin
- -mente Italian
- -mento Italian
- -ment French
- bourgeonnement French
- forcément French
- -mente Spanish, Castilian
- -miento Spanish, Castilian
- *-mn̥teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- -mente Portuguese
- -ment Middle English
- -ment Old French
- macher Old French
- parlement Old French
- -ment Catalan, Valencian
- -mânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ment Norman
- -ment Occitan
- mentàver Occitan
- -main Romansh
- -mientu Asturian
- -ménte Ligurian
- -man Haitian, Haitian Creole
- -mënter Ladin
- -mentu Sardinian
- -mente Interlingua
- -mènde Tarantino