Moment

Morpheme

Moment

Type

free base

Denotation

brief time period, instant

Etymology

Middle English moment; Old French moment; Latin mōmentum

Evidence

moment, moments, momentum, momentary, momently, momentous, momentful, momentless, momentously, momentousness, pseudomoment, pseudomomentum, quasimomentum, momental

Notes

movement, moment, and momentum are doublets