Where does “textdokument” come from?
textdokument (Swedish) comes from Swedish dokument, from German Dokument, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
textdokument (Swedish): a text document
Definitions
- a text document
Ancestry of “textdokument”, step by step
textdokument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dokument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dokument | a document |
| 2 | German | Dokument | document |
| 3 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |