Where does “bituma” come from?

bituma (Romanian) comes from French bitumer, from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bituma (Romanian): to asphalt

Definitions

  1. to asphalt

Ancestry of “bituma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbitumerto asphalt
2Frenchbitumebitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;...
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “bituma”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →