"-ment" meaning in Old French

See -ment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin mente Old French -ment Inherited from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|inh|la>mente>adv|id=ly|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin mente Old French -ment Inherited from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis. Head templates: {{head|fro|suffix}} -ment
  1. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ment-fro-suffix-fro:adverbial Categories (other): Old French entries with etymology texts, Old French entries with etymology trees
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin -mentum. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fro|la|-mentum|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -mentum, {{inh+|fro|la|-mentum}} Inherited from Latin -mentum Head templates: {{head|fro|suffix|g=m}} -ment m
  1. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ment-fro-suffix-fro:nominal Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 2 12 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 1 10 1 9 1 9 1 9 1 9 8 9 1 9 1 9 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 1 9 1 9 1 9 1 9 9 9 1 9 1 9 1 9 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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