Where does “valmisbetoni” come from?

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

valmisbetoni (Finnish): ready-mix concrete, ready-mixed concrete

Definitions

  1. ready-mix concrete, ready-mixed concrete

Ancestry of “valmisbetoni”, step by step

valmisbetoni 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 valmis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmiscompleted, finished; ready, poised, set up;...
2Proto-Finnicvalmisfinished, completed; ready
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →