The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπισσάσφαλτος
- Latin · borrowed frompissasphaltus
- English todaypissasphalt
Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.