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-amment
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French
Etymology
In Old French, adjectives ending in fro -ant often had identical masculine and feminine forms, so that the adverbial form ended in fro -antment, which resulted the loss of the t between the n and m, leading to fro -anment and then fro -amment.
Pronunciation
Suffix
variant of fr -ment appended to adjectives ending in fr -ant
fr courant<t:current> couramment<t:currently> 1
Middle French
Suffix
frm suffix
Variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending with -ant.
courant → couramment