Where does “dokùment” come from?
dokùment (Kashubian) comes from Polish dokument, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
dokùment (Kashubian): document
Definitions
- document
Ancestry of “dokùment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dokument | document |
| 2 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 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 |