Where does “Kaliumchromat” come from?

Kaliumchromat (German) comes from German Kalium, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

Kaliumchromat (German): potassium chromate

Definitions

  1. potassium chromate

Ancestry of “Kaliumchromat”, step by step

Kaliumchromat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Chromat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChromatchromate
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →
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