Where does “бетон” come from?
бетон (Macedonian) comes from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
бетон (Macedonian): concrete
Ancestry of “бетон”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |