Ment

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A suffix forming nouns that denote an action, process, or result ; it is used to create nouns from verbs expressing states or conditions
2. A morpheme appended to verbs to produce abstract nouns indicating the act or condition of something ; commonly used to form nouns indicating the outcome or means of an action
3. A derivational suffix transforming verbs into nouns that describe the process, product, or state resulting from an action or condition

Etymology: In Korean, 멘트 (menteu) is a spoken line delivered by a broadcaster, host, or performer, such as an announcer's introduction or a scripted remark on stage. The Korean term was borrowed from English, where "comment" in the sense of spoken commentary was shortened to its first syllable, a clipping that Korean speakers adopted and reshaped for their own use. In English, the familiar form is the suffix "-ment", which comes through Old French from the Latin "-mentum", a noun-forming ending that turns verbs into nouns for an action, its result, or the means of doing it, as in "judgment" or "development". The Korean loanword is a separate borrowing and does not come from that suffix.