Where does “egodocument” come from?

egodocument (Dutch) comes from Dutch document, from Middle French document, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

egodocument (Dutch): any text in which the personal life and...

Definitions

  1. any text in which the personal life and...

Ancestry of “egodocument”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdocumentdocument
2Middle Frenchdocument—
3Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Latin -mentum →Every word from Latin documentum →