Where does “bitumare” come from?
bitumare (Italian) comes from Romanian bituma, from French bitumer, from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumare (Italian): to bituminize
Ancestry of “bitumare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | bituma | — |
| 2 | French | bitumer | to asphalt |
| 3 | French | bitume | bitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;... |
| 4 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “bitumare”