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Where does “*bittūmen” come from?
*bittūmen (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
Ancestry of “*bittūmen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
bitūmen
mineral pitch, bitumen
2
Latin
-men
forms neuter nouns of the third declension
3
Proto-Italic
*-mn̥
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Words derived from “*bittūmen”
betum
betume
betume
betún
abetunar
embetunar
betunero
biton
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