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Where does “segmenter” come from?

segmenter (English) comes from English segment, from Latin segmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

segmenter (English): Something that segments or divides

Definitions

  1. Something that segments or divides

Ancestry of “segmenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsegmentA length of some object; One of the parts into...
2Latinsegmentuma cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or...
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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