Where does “pigment” come from?

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

pigment (Norwegian Nynorsk): a pigment

Definitions

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