Where does “bituma” come from?
bituma (Romanian) comes from French bitumer, from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
Ancestry of “bituma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bitumer | to asphalt |
| 2 | French | bitume | bitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;... |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |