-mento etymology

Italian word -mento comes from Latin instrumentum

Detailed word origin of -mento

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
instrumentum Latin (lat) (collective) supply, provision. (general) paraphernalia, equipment. An instrument, tool, utensil. Records, documents.
-mento Italian (ita) Forms nouns that represent the action of a related verb.

Words with the same origin as -mento

Descendants of instrumentum
strumento