Where does “émolument” come from?
émolument (French) comes from Latin emolumentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
émolument (French): remuneration; fee, emolument
Definitions
- remuneration; fee, emolument
Ancestry of “émolument”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | emolumentum | effort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit,... |
| 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 |