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Where does “rompimento” come from?

rompimento (Portuguese) comes 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.

rompimento (Portuguese): disruption; rupture; break

Definitions

  1. disruption; rupture; break

Ancestry of “rompimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-mento-tion
2Old Portuguese-mento—
3Latin-amentumderivational suffix attached to noun and...
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →