Where does “železobeton” come from?
železobeton (Czech) comes from Czech beton, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
železobeton (Czech): reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete
Definitions
- reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete
Ancestry of “železobeton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | beton | concrete; an alcoholic cocktail, initalism of... |
| 2 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |