Where does “betum” come from?

betum (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin *bittūmen, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betum (Catalan): bitumen natural asphalt

Definitions

  1. bitumen natural asphalt

Ancestry of “betum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*bittūmen—
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “betum”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →