Where does “bitumer” come from?
bitumer (French) comes from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumer (French): to asphalt
Ancestry of “bitumer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bitume | bitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;... |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “bitumer”