Where does “ammonium” come from?
Ammonium derives from English ammonia, which comes from Latin sal ammoniacus, a salt named after the Egyptian god Ammon, with the masculine singular ending traceable through Latin -us, Old Latin -os, Proto-Italic -os, and Proto-Indo-European -ós.
ammonium (English): The univalent NH cation, derived by the...
Definitions
- The univalent NH cation, derived by the...
Ancestry of “ammonium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | ammōnium | — |
Words derived from “ammonium”
- hydronium
- diazonium
- alkylammonium
- cetyltrimethylammonium
- diammonium
- cuprammonium
- onium
- sulfonium
- triethylammonium
- methylammonium
- tetraalkylammonium
- butylammonium
- sulphonium
- tetradecyltrimethylammonium
- aryldiazonium
- dialkylammonium
- cuproammonium
- mercurammonium
- polyammonium
- metalammonium
- ammoniumyl
- bisammonium
- ammonian
- rhodammonium