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Where does “instrumenter” come from?

instrumenter (French) comes from French instrument, from Middle French instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

instrumenter (French): to instrument, draw up; to orchestrate

Definitions

  1. to instrument, draw up; to orchestrate

Ancestry of “instrumenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinstrumentinstrument
2Middle Frenchinstrumentinstrument
3Old Frenchinstrument—
4Latinīnstrūmentum—
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 →