Where does “betume” come from?

betume (Portuguese) comes from Catalan betum, from Vulgar Latin *bittūmen, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betume (Portuguese): bitumen

Definitions

  1. bitumen

Ancestry of “betume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbetumbitumen natural asphalt
2Vulgar Latin*bittūmen—
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →