Where does “document” come from?

document (Middle French) comes from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “document”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	documentum	lesson; instruction; warning
2	Latin	-mentum	instrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
3	Latin	-menta	nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
4	Proto-Indo-European	-mn̥	Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “document”

document
documental
documentable
documenter
subdocument
documentalist
documentor
undocumentable
documentably
documentality
redocument
photodocument
documentability
undocument
overdocument
documents
docs
doxx
doxxer
dox
e-document
document
egodocument
документ

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