Where does “indigitamenta” come from?

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

indigitamenta (Latin): Books containing the names of the gods and prescribing the mode of worshipping them

Definitions

  1. Books containing the names of the gods and prescribing the mode of worshipping them

Ancestry of “indigitamenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
2Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
3Proto-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 Latin -menta →