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
- to document (something)
Ancestry of “dokumentere”, step by step
dokumentere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish dokument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | dokument | document |
| 2 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via Danish ēre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ēre | — |