Where does “emolument” come from?
emolument (Middle English) comes from Old French emolument, from Latin emolumentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
Ancestry of “emolument”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | emolument | — |
| 2 | Latin | emolumentum | effort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit,... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |