Where does “alkali” come from?
alkali (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Arabic قلي — verbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...
alkali (Norwegian Bokmål): an alkali
Ancestry of “alkali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قلي | verbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result... |