RUDIMENT - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

Example: he mastered only the rudiments of geometry

Categories: Fundamentals, Basics, Fundamental principle, Basic principle, Bedrock

Part of speech: Noun

the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life

Example: Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac

Categories: Body part

First rudiment, Alphabet, Abcs, Abc, First principle

The word "rudiment" comes from Latin rudimentum.

rude – A related word in the same word family.

Many Latin words entered English twice—once through French and once through direct borrowing.