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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”

  • esmagamento
  • envolvimento
  • realojamento
  • alojamento
  • empilhamento
  • gerenciamento
  • livramento
  • embasamento
  • consentimento
  • banimento
  • acampamento
  • adiamento
  • acomodamento
  • batimento
  • superaquecimento
  • agastamento
  • desaparecimento
  • enterramento
  • escapamento
  • recebimento
  • arrependimento
  • encerramento
  • isolamento
  • renascimento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →