Where does “Kaliumhydrogentartrat” come from?

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

Kaliumhydrogentartrat (German): potassium hydrogen tartrate, potassium bitartrate

Definitions

  1. potassium hydrogen tartrate, potassium bitartrate

Ancestry of “Kaliumhydrogentartrat”, step by step

Kaliumhydrogentartrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German hydrogentartrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhydrogentartrathydrogen tartrate, bitartrate
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →