Where does “betro” come from?

betro (Malagasy) comes from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betro (Malagasy): brain

Definitions

  1. brain

Ancestry of “betro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin bitūmen