Where does “betonipinta” come from?
betonipinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
betonipinta (Finnish): concrete surface
Ancestry of “betonipinta”, step by step
betonipinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish betoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | betoni | concrete |
| 2 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | mineral pitch, bitumen |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Finnish pinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pinta | surface |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pinta | surface; sapwood; fat |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spindaz | fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow |