Where does “bitumen” come from?

bitumen (Indonesian) comes from Dutch bitumen, from Middle Dutch bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bitumen (Indonesian): bitumen

Definitions

  1. bitumen

Ancestry of “bitumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbitumenbitumen, mineral pitch
2Middle Dutchbitume—
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →