Where does “documentar” come from?

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

documentar (Spanish): to document; to research, to do your homework, to...

Definitions

  1. to document; to research, to do your homework, to...

Ancestry of “documentar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdocumentodocument, paper; record
2Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
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 “documentar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin documentum
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