DictionaryRoot: -mentum
Latin
-mentum
a means, result, or product
Forms
- -mentum
- -ment — The ending shortened through French.
Origin
A Latin noun ending related to older Indo-European formations in -men-.
Note
It can name the thing used to act, the action itself, or its result.
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noun
argument
AR-gyuh-munt/ˈɑːrɡjumənt/
Reasons expressed in support of a position.
Etymology
An argument was a means of making something clear or proving it: evidence supporting a claim. The disagreement sense developed through “subject of contention” to a quarrel.
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