LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix

-mentum

-mentum (plural -menta)
Classical[ˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. morphemeinstrument, medium, or result of
    monēre + -mentum → monumentum

Origins

From Proto-Italic *-məntom, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom, extended from *-mn̥. Compare -men.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguese-mentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -mento
  • Portuguese-amentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -mento
  • Portuguese-imentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -mento
  • Spanish-mento
  • Spanish-miento
  • Aragonese-ment
  • Asturian-mientufrom Old Leonese -mientro
  • Mirandese-mientofrom Old Leonese -mientro
  • Fala-mentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -mento
  • Galician-mentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -mento
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanian-mânt
  • Romanian-ment
  • Aromanian-mintu
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalan-ment
  • Occitan-mentfrom Old Occitan -ment
  • Franco-Provençal-ment
  • Old French-ment
Borrowings
  • English-ment
  • German-ment
  • Basque-mendu
  • Dutch-ment
  • Norwegian Bokmål-ment
  • Scots-ment
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian-mento
  • Sicilian-mentu
  • Venetan-mento
  • Maltese-ment
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian-ment

Quick answers

What does -mentum mean in Latin?
-mentum, a suffix, means “instrument, medium, or result of”.
How do you pronounce -mentum?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɛn.tum].