-amment

French edit

Etymology edit

In Old French, adjectives ending in -ant often had identical masculine and feminine forms, so that the adverbial form ended in -antment, which resulted the loss of the t between the n and m, leading to -anment and then -amment.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃/

Suffix edit

-amment

variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending in -ant
‎courant + ‎-amment → ‎couramment

Middle French edit

Suffix edit

-amment

Variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending with -ant.
courant → couramment