bitumen.
bitumen, pitch, asphalt (generic name for various hydrocarbons);
Meaning & usage
mineral pitch, bitumen
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷétuder. Latin *bitū Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin bitumen From *bitū + -men, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷétu (“resin, gum”), borrowed from an Osco-Umbrian language, where the initial sound development is regular. Alternatively, it could be a Celtic borrowing (compare Latin betulla, which is a Celtic borrowing from the same ultimate origin), where the shift of *gʷ > *b is regular, as well. The raising of the first vowel might come from the Osco-Umbrian variety, or have been developed in Latin, as occasionally happens after labials; compare firmus, vitulus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bìth (“resin, gum”), English cud, Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).
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