rudimentum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin rudis

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin rudīmentum

From rudis + -mentum.

Noun

rudīmentum n (genitive rudīmentī); second declension

1. first attempt
2. beginning, commencement

   Synonyms: initium, exordium, prīmōrdium, orīgō, prīncipium, limen

   Antonym: fīnis

3. (chiefly in the plural) first principles; rudiments

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta
genitive	rudīmentī	rudīmentōrum
dative	rudīmentō	rudīmentīs
accusative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta
ablative	rudīmentō	rudīmentīs
vocative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta

Descendants

• → Catalan: rudiment
• → Old French: rudiment
  • → English: rudiment
  • French: rudiment
• → Galician: rudimento
• → Italian: rudimento
• → Portuguese: rudimento
• → Russian: рудимент (rudiment)
• → Spanish: rudimento

References

• “rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "rudimentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “rudimentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.