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Where does “betua” come from?

betua (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic betwiyos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.

betua (Gaulish): birch

Definitions

  1. birch

Ancestry of “betua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbetwiyos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-—

Words derived from “betua”

  • bituminous
  • bitumen
  • subbituminous
  • betulinic
  • pyrobitumen
  • bitume
  • betulin
  • bitumed
  • nonbituminous
  • bituminiferous
  • calcareobituminous
  • pyrobituminous
  • bituminate
  • dilbit
  • debituminize
  • betulus
  • betule
  • bituminatus
  • bitumino
  • betulla
  • bitumen
  • betulo
  • bituminosus
  • betula
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