Where does “presentment” come from?
Presentment comes from Old French presentment, from the Old French suffix -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin praesens, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European méntis and h₁ésmi meaning mind and to be.
presentment (English): A statement made on oath by a jury; The notice...
Definitions
- A statement made on oath by a jury; The notice...
Ancestry of “presentment”, step by step
presentment traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman presentment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | presentment | presentation |
| 2 | Old French | presenter | to present |
| 3 | Latin | praesento | I present, exhibit or show |
| 4 | Latin | praesēns | present, immediate, at hand, existing |
| 5 | Latin | praeesse | present active infinitive of praesum; be in front... |
| 6 | Latin | praesum | I am before something; I preside or rule over; I... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Middle French presentement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | presentement | presently; at the moment |
| 2 | Middle French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 3 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 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 |
via Old French presentement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | presentement | — |