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Where does “natron” come from?

natron (French) comes from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

natron (French): natron

Definitions

  1. natron

Ancestry of “natron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnatrónnatron
2Arabicنَطْرُون—
3Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
4Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
5Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
6Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
7Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “natron”

  • natron
  • anatron
  • anatron
  • Natronobacterium
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