Where does “bitumatura” come from?
bitumatura (Italian) comes from Italian bitumare, from Romanian bituma, from French bitumer, from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumatura (Italian): bituminization
Ancestry of “bitumatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | bitumare | to bituminize |
| 2 | Romanian | bituma | — |
| 3 | French | bitumer | to asphalt |
| 4 | French | bitume | bitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;... |
| 5 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 6 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |