"-miento" meaning in Spanish

See -miento in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈmjento/, [ˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] Forms: -mientos [plural], -amiento [alternative], -imiento [alternative]
Rhymes: -ento Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento Inherited from Old Spanish -miento. Doublet of -mento. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:-miento<id:-ment><ety:inh<la-lat:-mentum<id:instrumental suffix>>>|id=-ment|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-mentom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-mentum", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-miento", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-miento", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="-ment" data-lang="es" data-title="-miento" id="Spanish:_-ment"> Inherited from Old Spanish -miento., {{doublet|es|-mento}} Doublet of -mento Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -miento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mientos)
  1. -ment; forms nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: -mento

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -miento meaning in Spanish (3.6kB)

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