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

  1. reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete

Ancestry of “železobeton”, step by step

železobeton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech beton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechbetonconcrete; an alcoholic cocktail, initalism of...
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Czech železo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechželezoiron
2Lower SorbianželezoObsolete form of zelezo
3Proto-Slavicželězoiron
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →
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