Where does “pigment” come from?

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

pigment (Middle English): A spice or a blend of them; A red pigment

Definitions

  1. A spice or a blend of them; A red pigment

Ancestry of “pigment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpigmentumA material for coloring; color, paint, pigment,...
2Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
3Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “pigment”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Latin -mentum →Every word from Latin pigmentum →