Where does “vasbeton” come from?
vasbeton (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian beton, from German betōn, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
vasbeton (Hungarian): reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete; made of...
Definitions
- reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete; made of...
Ancestry of “vasbeton”, step by step
vasbeton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian beton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | beton | concrete |
| 2 | German | betōn | concrete |
| 3 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 4 | Latin | bitūmen | mineral pitch, bitumen |
| 5 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Hungarian Vas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Vas | and in the former Kingdom of Hungary |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | waśke | a metal; copper, iron? |
| 3 | Proto-Tocharian | wi̯äsā | gold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂é-h₂us-o- | glow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |