Where does “-mento” come from?

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

-mento (Spanish): -ment

Definitions

  1. -ment

Ancestry of “-mento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
2Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
3Proto-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 -menta →