Where does “kivibetoni” come from?

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

kivibetoni (Finnish): stone concrete, rock concrete concrete with high concentration of stone or rock

Definitions

  1. stone concrete, rock concrete concrete with high concentration of stone or rock

Ancestry of “kivibetoni”, step by step

kivibetoni 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 kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →