Where does “Salpetersäure” come from?

Salpetersäure (German) comes from German Säure, from Middle High German siure.

Salpetersäure (German): nitric acid

Definitions

  1. nitric acid

Ancestry of “Salpetersäure”, step by step

Salpetersäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—

via German Salpeter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSalpeterniter, saltpeter US; nitre, saltpetre UK

Words derived from “Salpetersäure”

Every word from Middle High German siure →Every word from German Säure →