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Where does “νῐ́τρον” come from?

νῐ́τρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

νῐ́τρον (Ancient Greek): sodium carbonate

Definitions

  1. sodium carbonate

Ancestry of “νῐ́τρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
2Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “νῐ́τρον”

  • nitrogen
  • nitrogenous
  • nitrocellulose
  • Nitro
  • nitroglycerine
  • nitrobenzene
  • nitrogenase
  • niter
  • natron
  • dinitrogen
  • nitrofurantoin
  • nitrophenol
  • nitrophenyl
  • trinitrotoluene
  • nitromethane
  • nitrotyrosine
  • nitrometer
  • nitroxyl
  • nitrotoluene
  • trona
  • nitroimidazole
  • nitrobenzoic
  • nonnitrogenous
  • nitroaniline
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