Where does “Betonierer” come from?

Betonierer (German) comes from German betonieren, from French bétonner, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

Betonierer (German): concrete finisher

Definitions

  1. concrete finisher

Ancestry of “Betonierer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetonierenconcrete
2Frenchbétonnerto concrete
3Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
4Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
5Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
6Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →