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

Definitions

  1. plural of bitume

Ancestry of “bitumi”, step by step

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