-men, -min

(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of)

A noun-morming word-final element with no particular meaning, derived from the Latin suffix -men, -min- (cognate with Greek -ma), found in a number of Latin borrowings originally denoting "a condition" or "the result of an action" specified by the combining root: flumen, lumen, semen.

Related forms include: -minal; -mens, -mina (plurals).

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