Where does “moment” come from?

moment (Middle English) comes from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “moment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmoment
2Latinmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course
3Latinmōvimentummovement
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “moment

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin mōvimentum