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Where does “бето́н” come from?

бето́н (Russian) comes from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

Ancestry of “бето́н”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
2Latinbitūmen—
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “бето́н”

  • железобетон
  • բետոն
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