Where does “żelbet” come from?

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

żelbet (Polish): reinforced concrete

Definitions

  1. reinforced concrete

Ancestry of “żelbet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżelazobetonreinforced concrete
2Polishbetonconcrete; the most conservative fraction within...
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “żelbet”

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