Where does “moment” come from?

moment (Swedish) comes from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

moment (Swedish): a step in a process

Definitions

  1. a step in a process

Ancestry of “moment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course
2Latinmōvimentummovement
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 “moment”

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