Where does “بوتاسيوم” come from?

بوتاسيوم (Arabic) comes from French potassium, from English potassium, from English potash, from English Ash, from Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc, from Old English æsċ, from Old English trēo — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

بوتاسيوم (Arabic): potassium

Definitions

  1. potassium

Ancestry of “بوتاسيوم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpotassiumpotassium
2EnglishpotassiumA soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is...
3EnglishpotashThe water-soluble part of the ash formed by...
4EnglishAshThe Egyptian god of oases
5Middle Englishassheashes; The remnants of a lifeform; The matter...
6Old Englishæscash tree; spear; ship
7Old Englishæsċash tree; ash, spear, lance, ship
8Old Englishtrēo
9Proto-West Germanictreutree; wood
10Proto-Germanictrewątree
11EnglishdoruAlternative form of dory
12Ancient Greekδόρυwood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,...
13Proto-Hellenicdórutree
14Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
15Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew-