Where does “bitumi” come from?
bitumi (Italian) comes from Italian bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumi (Italian): plural of bitume
Ancestry of “bitumi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | bitume | bitumen, tar |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |