Where does “documemoir” come from?
documemoir (English) comes from English memoir, from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
documemoir (English): A memoir taking the form of a documentary
Definitions
- A memoir taking the form of a documentary
Ancestry of “documemoir”, step by step
documemoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English memoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | memoir | An autobiography; a book describing the personal... |
| 2 | French | mémoire | memory; memo; dissertation, paper |
| 3 | Middle French | memoire | memory |
| 4 | Old French | memoire | memory |
| 5 | Latin | memoria | memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a... |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English documentary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | documentary | Of, related to, or based on documents; Which... |
| 2 | French | documentaire | documentary |
| 3 | French | document | document; file |
| 4 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |