Where does “argumentti” come from?
argumentti (Finnish) comes from Latin argūmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
argumentti (Finnish): argument; the argument of a complex number;...
Definitions
- argument; the argument of a complex number;...
Ancestry of “argumentti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | argūmentum | argument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof |
| 2 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 3 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |