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Where does “асфальтовый” come from?

асфальтовый (Russian) comes from Russian асфа́льт, from French asphalte, from 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.

асфальтовый (Russian): asphalt; asphalt grey, stone grey

Definitions

  1. asphalt; asphalt grey, stone grey

Ancestry of “асфальтовый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianасфа́льт—
2Frenchasphalteasphalt; first-person singular present indicative...
3Latinasphaltum—
4Ancient Greekἄσφαλτοςasphalt, bitumen
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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