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Where does “ātrāmentum” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ātrāmentum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-amentumderivational suffix attached to noun and...
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
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