Where does “indocumentat” come from?
indocumentat (Catalan) comes from Catalan documentat, from Romanian documenta, from French documenter, from French document, from Italian documento, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
indocumentat (Catalan): undocumented; undocumented immigrant
Definitions
- undocumented; undocumented immigrant
Ancestry of “indocumentat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | documentat | |
| 2 | Romanian | documenta | to document; to do research, read up on something |
| 3 | French | documenter | to document |
| 4 | French | document | document; file |
| 5 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 6 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 7 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 8 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |