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Where does “mendum” come from?

mendum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European mend- — physical defect, fault; to fault.

mendum (Latin): fault, error, blunder; blemish, defect

Definitions

  1. fault, error, blunder; blemish, defect

Ancestry of “mendum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmend-physical defect, fault; to fault

Words derived from “mendum”

  • amend
  • mend
  • mending
  • emendation
  • mender
  • amendatory
  • emend
  • amendable
  • amender
  • unamendable
  • roadmender
  • mendable
  • emendator
  • mendeth
  • amendeth
  • unmendable
  • emendate
  • amendation
  • roadmending
  • mendest
  • emender
  • amendest
  • remend
  • shoemender
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