Where does “-mento” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-mento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-amentumderivational suffix attached to noun and...
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 “-mento

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin -amentum