belittlement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English belittle

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English belittlement

From belittle + -ment.

Noun

belittlement (countable and uncountable, plural belittlements)

1. An act of belittling.

   Synonyms: denigration, disparagement

Translations

An act of belittling

• Arabic: اسْتِصْغار
• Dutch: kleinering (nl)
• Macedonian: омаловажу́вање n (omalovažúvanje)
• Malayalam: ഇകഴ്ത്തൽ (ml) (ikaḻttal)