Where does “rautabetoni” come from?

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

rautabetoni (Finnish): concrete reinforced with iron

Definitions

  1. concrete reinforced with iron

Ancestry of “rautabetoni”, step by step

rautabetoni 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 rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →