-mento

Galician

suffix

Definitions

ment forming nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)'

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese -mento inherited from -mentum inherited from Latin -menta.

Origin

Latin

-menta

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-menta Latin
-mentum Latin
-mento Spanish, Castilian
-mento Portuguese
-mento Old Portuguese
-mento Interlingua
-mentum LL