Where does “pavement” come from?
Pavement comes from Middle French pavement, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin mens meaning mind, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from the root men-.
pavement (English): A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground;...
Definitions
- A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground;...
Ancestry of “pavement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | pament | pavement |
| 2 | Middle French | pavement | — |
| 3 | Latin | pavīmentum | — |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
Words derived from “pavement”