Where does “asfaltare” come from?
asfaltare (Romanian) comes from Romanian asfalta, from French asphalter, from French asphalte, from Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
asfaltare (Romanian): asphalting
Definitions
- asphalting
Ancestry of “asfaltare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | asfalta | to asphalt |
| 2 | French | asphalter | to asphalt |
| 3 | French | asphalte | asphalt; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | asphaltum | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄσφαλτος | asphalt, bitumen |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |