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Language: Old French
Origin: Latin -mentum

-ment

 suffix
     
-ment [in nouns]
used to form a noun from a verb to show actions, the people who do them, or their results:
the government (=the people who govern a country)
the replacement of something (=the action of replacing something)
some interesting new developments
—-mental suffix [in adjectives]
governmental
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