Where does “bitumen” come from?

bitumen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bitumen (Dutch): bitumen, mineral pitch

Definitions

  1. bitumen, mineral pitch

Ancestry of “bitumen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bitumen”

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