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-mentum

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See also: mentum

Latin

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin suffix -menta in collective nouns like armenta (herd, flock). Latin -menta is from Latin -mentum (singular), from Proto-Italic *-məntom, from the plural Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂ (*-mn̥ + *-teh₂, plural of *-mn̥-to-).[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-mentum (plural -menta)

  1. instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative -mentum -menta
genitive -mentī -mentōrum
dative -mentō -mentīs
accusative -mentum -menta
ablative -mentō -mentīs
vocative -mentum -menta

Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: -mintu
    • Romanian: -mânt, -ment
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: -ment
    • Franco-Provençal: -ment
    • Old French: -ment (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: -ment
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen