## Etymology
From attaint (to convict, stain with dishonour) + -ment. Attaint is from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre ('to convict, reach'), from Latin attingere ('to touch, reach'), with sense influenced by taint.

## AI Etymology
Attaintment is from attaint (to convict, stain with dishonour) + -ment. Attaint is from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre ('to convict, reach'), from Latin attingere ('to touch, reach'), with sense influenced by taint. Important recorded forms include ataindre (Old French), attingere (Latin), and tangere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers archaic word for the act of attainting or staining with dishonour. The wider family includes related words such as attaint, attainder, attainture, and taint.

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