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Where does “أَطْرُون” come from?

أَطْرُون (Arabic) comes from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Ancestry of “أَطْرُون”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَطْرُون—
2Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
3Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
4Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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