Etymology

bituminate

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Today it means: To treat or impregnate with bitumen. Full definition →

Late Latin bitūminātus
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed frombitūminātus
  2. English todaybituminate

First attested in 1628; borrowed from Late Latin bitūminātus, perfect passive participle of bitūminō (“to bituminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from bitūmen + verb-forming suffix.

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