Where does “documentation” come from?
documentation (English) comes from Swedish dokumentation, from Swedish dokument, from German Dokument, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
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Ancestry of “documentation”, step by step
documentation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dokumentation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dokumentation | documentation |
| 2 | Swedish | dokument | a document |
| 3 | German | Dokument | document |
| 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 |