-mentum

See also: mentum

English

Etymology

Shortening of momentum.

Suffix

-mentum

(politics) Used in compounds with a candidate's name to indicate that their campaign is gaining momentum.
Trumpmentum
,
Berniementum
,
Marcomentum

Anagrams

nummet

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the Latin suffix -menta in collective nouns like armenta (“herd, flock”). Latin -menta from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂ (*-mn̥ + *-teh₂).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tum/, [ˈmɛn.tũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tum/

Suffix

-mentum (plural -menta)

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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
Francoprovençal: -ment
French: -ment
Friulian: -ment
Galician: -mento

German: -ment
Italian: -mento
Occitan: -ment
Portuguese: -mento
Romanian: -mânt
Sicilian: -mentu
Spanish: -mento, -miento
Venetian: -mento

See also

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-mentum'>Latin words suffixed with -mentum</a>

References

↑ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen

http://etimologias.dechile.net/latin/?Sufijos
Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Grecque by Pierre Chantraine. Paris, 1968.

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