The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥητίνη“resin”
- English todayretinasphalt
Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥητίνη all →
retinoidretenerubiretin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.