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===Etymology===
The Latin word traces to the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷet-|*gʷet-]]'' "pitch"
The expression "bitumen" originated in the [[Sanskrit]], where we find the words "jatu", meaning "pitch", and "jatu-krit", meaning "pitch creating", "pitch producing" (referring to coniferous or resinous trees). The Latin equivalent is claimed by some to be originally "gwitu-men" (pertaining to pitch), and by others, "pixtumens" (exuding or bubbling pitch), which was subsequently shortened to "bitumen", thence passing via French into English. From the same root is derived the [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo Saxon]] word "cwidu" (Mastix), the [[German language|German]] word "Kitt" (cement or mastic) and the [[old Norse]] word "kvada".<ref name=":1" />
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