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Where does “-monium” come from?

-monium (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European -monyom, from Proto-Indo-European -mō — Creates agent nouns from verbs.

-monium (Latin): Forms collective nouns and nouns designating...

Definitions

  1. Forms collective nouns and nouns designating...

Ancestry of “-monium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-monyom—
2Proto-Indo-European-mōCreates agent nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-monium”

  • testimony
  • matrimony
  • testimonial
  • parsimony
  • parsimonious
  • alimony
  • acrimonious
  • acrimony
  • sanctimonious
  • parsimoniously
  • sanctimony
  • acrimoniously
  • sanctimoniously
  • sanctimoniousness
  • nontestimonial
  • parsimoniousness
  • querimonious
  • acrimoniousness
  • testimonialize
  • querimony
  • nonalimony
  • nonacrimonious
  • vadimony
  • testimonialise
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