Where does “Kaliumphosphat” come from?

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

Kaliumphosphat (German): potassium phosphate

Definitions

  1. potassium phosphate

Ancestry of “Kaliumphosphat”, step by step

Kaliumphosphat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي

via German Phosphat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPhosphatphosphate
Every word from Arabic قِلْيEvery word from German KaliEvery word from German Kalium
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