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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

  1. reinforced concrete, ferroconcrete; made of...

Ancestry of “vasbeton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbetonconcrete
2Germanbetōn—
3Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
4Latinbitūmen—
5Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
6Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
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