Where does “béton” come from?
béton (French) comes from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
béton (French): concrete; to drop
Ancestry of “béton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 2 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “béton”