-mentum

-ment-um, -m-entum, lat. Instrument, Medium oder Ergebnis von; Zum Beispiel. monumentum 'monumental', vgl. mentum

Abgeleitet vom lateinischen Suffix -menta in Sammelbegriffen wie armentum (pl. armenta), „Herde“. Das lateinische -menta stammt von uig. *-mn̥teh₂ (*-mn̥ + *-teh₂) ab.

Suffix -mentum (Plural -menta)

Pronunciation: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tum/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]; (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tum/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-mentum	-menta
Genitive	-mentī	-mentōrum
Dative	-mentō	-mentīs
Accusative	-mentum	-menta
Ablative	-mentō	-mentīs
Vocative	-mentum	-menta

Descendants

• Aromanian: -mintu
• Asturian: -mientu
• → Basque: -mendu
• Catalan: -ment
• → Dutch: -ment
• → English: -ment
• Franco-Provençal: -ment
• Old French: -ment
  • Middle French: -ment
    • French: -ment
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment
• Friulian: -ment
• Galician: -mento
• → German: -ment
• Italian: -mento
• → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment
• Occitan: -ment
• Portuguese: -mento
• Romanian: -mânt
• Sicilian: -mentu
• Spanish: -mento, -miento
• Venetian: -mento

See also

Latin terms suffixed with -mentum