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Where does “salpeter” come from?

salpeter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Medieval Latin salpetra, from Latin sāl petrae.

salpeter (Norwegian Bokmål): saltpetre, saltpeter , or potassium nitrate

Definitions

  1. saltpetre, saltpeter , or potassium nitrate

Ancestry of “salpeter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinsalpetra—
2Latinsāl petrae—

Words derived from “salpeter”

  • salpetersyre
Every word from Latin sāl petrae →