Where does “nitriler” come from?

nitriler (French) comes from French nitrile, from French nitre, from Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

nitriler (French): To nitrilate

Definitions

  1. To nitrilate

Ancestry of “nitriler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnitrilefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchnitresaltpetre; inflection of nitrer: ##...
3LatinnitrumVarious alkalis
4Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
5Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
6Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
7Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
8Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian -j