Where does “documentaire” come from?
documentaire (Dutch) comes from French documentaire, from French document, from Italian documento, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
documentaire (Dutch): A documentary
Ancestry of “documentaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | documentaire | documentary |
| 2 | French | document | document; file |
| 3 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |