-amentum

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Latin

Etymology

From rebracketing of -mentum and a preceding stem-final -ā-.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-āmentum n (genitive -āmentī); second declension

  1. derivational suffix attached to noun and adjective bases to form new nouns with a variety of meanings

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