Where does “scorciamento” come from?

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

scorciamento (Italian): shortening (act of making shorter)

Definitions

  1. shortening (act of making shorter)

Ancestry of “scorciamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-mentoForms nouns that represent the action of a...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Latin -mentum →Every word from Italian -mento →