Where does “żelazobeton” come from?

żelazobeton (Polish) comes from Polish beton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

żelazobeton (Polish): reinforced concrete

Definitions

  1. reinforced concrete

Ancestry of “żelazobeton”, step by step

żelazobeton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish beton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbetonconcrete; the most conservative fraction within...
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Polish żelazo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżelazoiron
2Proto-Slavicželězoiron

Words derived from “żelazobeton”

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