Where does “antidesmatamento” come from?
antidesmatamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desmatamento, from Portuguese -mento, 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.
antidesmatamento (Portuguese): antideforestation
Ancestry of “antidesmatamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | desmatamento | deforestation |
| 2 | Portuguese | -mento | -tion |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -mento | — |
| 4 | Latin | -amentum | derivational suffix attached to noun and... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |