Where does “zabetonirati” come from?
zabetonirati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian betonirati, from Serbo-Croatian bètōn, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
zabetonirati (Serbo-Croatian): to concrete
Ancestry of “zabetonirati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | betonirati | to concrete |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bètōn | — |
| 3 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 4 | Latin | bitūmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |