French word encouragement comes from French -ment, French encourager (To encourage.)

Detailed word origin of encouragement

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-ment	French (fra)	Used to form adverbs (from the feminine form of an adjective), most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly. Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
encourager	French (fra)	To encourage.
encouragement	French (fra)	An encouragement.

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