-ment

Morpheme

-ment

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting a result or product

Etymology

Old French -ment; Latin -mentum

Evidence

achievement, agreement, amercement, amerciment, arbitrement, arrangement, basement, brandishment, commitment, confinement, development, enhancement, environment, fragment, fulfilment, furnishment, government, habillement, impeachment, improvement, infringement, judgement, judgment, knowledgement, languishment, malnourishment, management, measurement, merriment, movement, nourishment, oddment, ointment, ordainment, overstatement, payment, postponement, punishment, recommitment, refinement, retirement, sentiment, settlement, shipment, stabiliment, statement, sustainment, treatment, unabatement, vanishment, vestment, vouchsafement, wonderment

See Also

-ament, -mony, -mento, -menti, -eme

Homographs

Ment, Ment, Ment