Where does “asfalta” come from?
asfalta (Maltese) comes from Italian asfaltare, from Italian asfalto, 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.
asfalta (Maltese): to asphalt
Definitions
- to asphalt
Ancestry of “asfalta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | asfaltare | to asphalt; to trounce |
| 2 | Italian | asfalto | asphalt, bitumen; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Late Latin | asphaltum | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄσφαλτος | asphalt, bitumen |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |