Where does “segment” come from?

segment (Catalan) comes from Latin segmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

segment (Catalan): segment

Definitions

  1. segment

Ancestry of “segment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsegmentuma cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or...
2Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
3Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “segment”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Latin -mentum →Every word from Latin segmentum →