Where does “-mony” come from?

-mony (English) comes from Latin -monium, from Proto-Indo-European -monyom, from Proto-Indo-European -mō — Creates agent nouns from verbs.

-mony (English): Deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun...

Definitions

  1. Deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun...

Ancestry of “-mony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-moniumForms collective nouns and nouns designating...
2Proto-Indo-European-monyom—
3Proto-Indo-European-mōCreates agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mō →Every word from Latin -monium →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -monyom →