-umen

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-umen

Type

suffix

Denotation

Ancient Greek present mediopassive participle contracted verb ending and masculine noun ending (feminine -umene)

Etymology

Latin -ūmenus; Ancient Greek -oúmenos

Evidence

catechumen, catechumenal, catechumenate, catechumenism, catechumenist, catechumens, catechumenship, energumen, energumens, hegumen, hegumeness, hegumens

See Also

-umene