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Where does “muniment” come from?

muniment (English) comes from Anglo-Norman muniment, from Latin mūnīmentum, from Latin mūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

muniment (English): A deed, or other official document kept as proof...

Definitions

  1. A deed, or other official document kept as proof...

Ancestry of “muniment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmunimentreinforcement; fortification; muniment
2Latinmūnīmentum—
3Latinmūniō—
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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