-amentum

Morpheme

-amentum

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting a result or product (plural -amenta)

Etymology

suffixal construction from Latin -āmentum, from rebracketed <-a-> of stem of first conjugation Latin verbs + -mentum

Evidence

crassamentum, sacramentum, velamentum

See Also

-ament, -amenta, -amento, -ment, -menta, -menti, -mento, -mentum