Where does “sédiment” come from?
sédiment (Middle French) comes from Latin sedimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
Ancestry of “sédiment”, step by step
sédiment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sedimentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sedimentum | A settling, sinking down, subsidence |
| 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 |
via Late Latin sedimen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | sedimen | — |
Words derived from “sédiment”
- sediment
- sedimentary
- sedimentation
- sedimentological
- sedimentology
- metasedimentary
- synsedimentary
- sedimentable
- sedimental
- metasediment
- sedimentologically
- sedimentologist
- morphosedimentary
- resediment
- cosediment
- sedimentous
- nonsedimentable
- nonsedimentary
- synsedimentarily
- sediment
- sedimentgesteente
- sedimen
- biosediment
- palaeosediment