Where does “νίτρον” come from?
νίτρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
νίτρον (Ancient Greek): sodium carbonate
Ancestry of “νίτρον”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | nṯrj | to be divine; to make divine; divine, holy |
| 2 | Egyptian | -j | Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives.... |
| 3 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
Words derived from “νίτρον”