Where does “-mento” come from?

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

-mento (Italian): Forms nouns that represent the action of a...

Definitions

  1. Forms nouns that represent the action of a...

Ancestry of “-mento”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-mento

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥
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