Where does “Betonstraße” come from?

Betonstraße (German) comes from German betōn, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

Betonstraße (German): concrete road a road constructed of concrete

Definitions

  1. concrete road a road constructed of concrete

Ancestry of “Betonstraße”, step by step

Betonstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German betōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetōnconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via German straße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstraßestreet; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
2Middle High Germanstrāȥe—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →