Where does “-ment” come from?

-ment (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

-ment (Anglo-Norman): Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...

Definitions

  1. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...

Ancestry of “-ment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
2Latinmēnsmind
3Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-
Every word from Indo-European *men-
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