Where does “betonilaatta” come from?

betonilaatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betonilaatta (Finnish): concrete slab

Definitions

  1. concrete slab

Ancestry of “betonilaatta”, step by step

betonilaatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish betoni

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

via Finnish laatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaattaslab; tile; flagstone
2Old Swedishplata—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →