Where does “bitum” come from?

bitum (Polish) comes from Polish bitumin, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bitum (Polish): bitumen, blacktop

Definitions

  1. bitumen, blacktop

Ancestry of “bitum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbituminbitumen, blacktop
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥

Words derived from “bitum

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin bitūmen