bitumen的词源

英文词源

bitumen

bitumen: see cud

bitumen (n.)

mid-15c., from Latin bitumen "asphalt," probably, via Oscan or Umbrian, from Celtic *betu- "birch, birch resin" (compare Gaulish betulla "birch," used by Pliny for the tree supposedly the source of bitumen).

中文词源

bitumen：沥青

来自拉丁词。bit, 桦树。-men, 名词后缀。原指桦树流出的松脂，后指沥青。

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