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