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
Ancestry of “żelbet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | żelazobeton | reinforced concrete |
| 2 | Polish | beton | concrete; the most conservative fraction within... |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “żelbet”