# -ment

> English word · Suffix

## Definitions
1. Attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-məntom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
From Middle English -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ment