Where does “bitumisora” come from?
bitumisora (Finnish) comes from Finnish bitumi, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumisora (Finnish): tarmac
Ancestry of “bitumisora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bitumi | bitumen |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |