rudiment
/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/ · noun
Meaning
- A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
- A form that lacks full or complex development.
- A body part that no longer has a function
- In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
- To ground; to settle in first principles.
Etymology / origin
From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude. By surface analysis, rude + -i- + -ment.
- rudimentum(Latin)→
- -(fro)→
- rudiment (English)
- Relations: der, der
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