The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄσφαλτος“asphalt, bitumen”
- Late Latin · derived fromasphaltum
- English todayasphalt
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”). Displaced native Old English eorþtyrewa (literally, "earth-tar").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.