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Where does “pavementless” come from?

pavementless (English) comes from English pavement, from Middle English pament, from Middle French pavement, from Latin pavīmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

pavementless (English): Without pavement

Definitions

  1. Without pavement

Ancestry of “pavementless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpavementA paved surface; a hard covering on the ground;...
2Middle Englishpamentpavement
3Middle Frenchpavement—
4Latinpavīmentum—
5Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
6Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
7Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →