Where does “asfalto” come from?

asfalto (Italian) comes from Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

asfalto (Italian): asphalt, bitumen; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. asphalt, bitumen; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “asfalto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinasphaltum
2Ancient Greekἄσφαλτοςasphalt, bitumen
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “asfalto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-