-MENT


Meaning of -MENT in English

noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~um; akin to Latin -men, suffix denoting concrete result, Greek -mat-, -ma 1. concrete result, object, or agent of a (specified) action , concrete means or instrument of a (specified) action , 2. action ; process , place of a (specified) action , state or condition resulting from a (specified) action

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