Where does “bi-tum” come from?

bi-tum (Vietnamese) comes from French bitume, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bi-tum (Vietnamese): bitumen

Definitions

  1. bitumen

Ancestry of “bi-tum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbitumebitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk;...
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →