Where does “beton” come from?

beton (Dutch) comes from Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch fluor, from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

beton (Dutch): concrete

Definitions

  1. concrete

Ancestry of “beton”, step by step

beton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vloer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvloerA floor; Any ground, surface; The bottom, lowest...
2Middle Dutchvloerground; floor; floor, storey
3Old Dutchfluor—
4Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via French béton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “beton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →