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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥

Words derived from “*bittūmen

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin bitūmen
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