Where does “betonować” come from?
betonować (Polish) comes from Polish beton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
betonować (Polish): to concrete
Ancestry of “betonować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | beton | concrete; the most conservative fraction within... |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |