Where does “dokumentere” come from?

dokumentere (Danish) comes from Danish dokument, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

dokumentere (Danish): to document (something)

Definitions

  1. to document (something)

Ancestry of “dokumentere”, step by step

dokumentere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish dokument

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdokumentdocument
2Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via Danish ēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishēre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin documentum