Where does “Dokument” come from?

Dokument (German) comes from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Dokument (German): document

Definitions

  1. document

Ancestry of “Dokument”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
2Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
3Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “Dokument

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin documentum