bickerment

bickerment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bikjaną
Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan
Old Dutch *bikken
Middle Dutch bickenbor.
Proto-Germanic *-urōną
Proto-West Germanic *-urōn
Old English -erian
Middle English -eren
Middle English bikeren
English bicker
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-məntom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English bickerment

    From bicker + -ment.

    Noun

    bickerment (countable and uncountable, plural bickerments)

    1. (obsolete) Argument, bickering.
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