Where does “tentamen” come from?

tentamen (Latin) comes from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

tentamen (Latin): an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay

Definitions

  1. an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay

Ancestry of “tentamen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
2Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “tentamen”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →
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