Where does “frammentare” come from?
frammentare (Italian) comes from Italian frammento, from Latin fragmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
frammentare (Italian): To fragment or shard
Definitions
- To fragment or shard
Ancestry of “frammentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | frammento | fragment, snippet, bit; passage, extract;... |
| 2 | Latin | fragmentum | a piece (broken off), remnant, fragment |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |