Context: 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 word cwidu (mastix), the German word Kitt (cement or mastic) and the old Norse word kvada.

Question: What language originated the word bitumen?
Answer: Sanskrit

Question: What does the Sanskrit word translate as?
Answer: pitch creating

Question: To what English word does the Latin translate?
Answer: pitch

Question:  Through what language did bitumen pass to reach English?
Answer: French

Question: To what word does the Anglo Saxon translate?
Answer: mastix

Question: Where did the expression "French" originate?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where did the French expression "bitumen" originate?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the Anglo Saxon word Kitt mean?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the German word cwidu mean?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the Norse word kitt mean?
Answer: Unanswerable