Where does “-ment” come from?

-ment (Old Occitan) comes from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

-ment (Old Occitan): Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb

Definitions

  1. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb

Ancestry of “-ment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
2Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-ment”

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