Where does “bitumatrice” come from?

bitumatrice (Italian) comes from Italian bitumare, from Romanian bituma, from French bitumer, from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bitumatrice (Italian): bitumen spreader (machine)

Definitions

  1. bitumen spreader (machine)

Ancestry of “bitumatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbitumareto bituminize
2Romanianbitumato asphalt
3Frenchbitumerto asphalt
4Frenchbitumebitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;...
5Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
6Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
7Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin bitūmen
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