Where does “-mento” come from?

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

-mento (Portuguese): -tion

Definitions

  1. -tion

Ancestry of “-mento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-mento—
2Latin-amentumderivational suffix attached to noun and...
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-mento”

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