Where does “ammonitrate” come from?

ammonitrate (English) comes from English ammonium, from New Latin ammōnium.

ammonitrate (English): A nitrogen fertilizer based on ammonium nitrate

Definitions

  1. A nitrogen fertilizer based on ammonium nitrate

Ancestry of “ammonitrate”, step by step

ammonitrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ammonium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishammoniumThe univalent NH cation, derived by the...
2New Latinammōnium—

via English nitrate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid; To treat, or...
2Frenchnitratenitrate
Every word from New Latin ammōnium →Every word from English ammonium →