Where does “bituminosus” come from?

bituminosus (Latin) comes from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bituminosus (Latin): abounding in bitumen or pitch; bituminous

Definitions

  1. abounding in bitumen or pitch; bituminous

Ancestry of “bituminosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “bituminosus”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →
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